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T. schoenmaker olympic games tokyo 20206/18/2023 South Africa will now have to play Australia on Wednesday in the matches to decide places from 5th to 8th.Įarlier in the day South Africa had beaten USA 17-12 to finish top of Pool C. South Africa got back into the match with a penalty try with 20 seconds remaining as the Argentines saw Lautaro Bazan Velez sent to the sin bin.Īrgentina recovered the restart and ended the match by putting the ball in to touch to claim their place in the last four where they will play Fiji. The South Africans, who won bronze at the Rio games in 2016, scored first through Selvyn Davids and soon after Argentina's Gaston Revol was sent off for a body check.ĭespite being a man down Argentina fought back to lead 14-7 at half time, a lead they extended after the break. South Africa's men were stunned by Argentina in the quarter-finals of the rugby sevens 19-14, despite the South Americans ending the game with just five players. Rugby Sevens A dejected Sakoyisa Makata after losing in the quarter-finals of Olympic rugby sevens to Argentina at Tokyo 2020 I'm so proud to be South African," she said after winning her medal. I think it was one of the most wonderful weeks of my life. On Tuesday the 27-year-old beat Portugal's Yolanda Hopkins and USA's Caroline Marks to reach the final, which had been rescheduled from Wednesday due to a bad weather forecast.īuitendag eventually lost the gold-medal match to four-time world champion Carissa Moore of the USA. Surfing South African surfer Bianca Buitendag in action in the gold medal match at Tokyo 2020īianca Buitendag of South Africa claimed silver in the women's surfing as the sport made its debut at the Olympics and then immediately announced her retirement from competing. With only the eight fastest swimmers going straight from the heats into Thursday's final the 18-year-old could only manage the 10th equal time. There was real disappointment for Tunisia's 400m freestyle Olympic champion Ahmed Hafnaoui as he failed to reach the final of his preferred event the 800m freestyle. Tokyo Olympics: Chad Le Clos wants to be 'best athlete South Africa has ever had'.The 29-year-old is aiming for his fifth Olympic medal and second gold, after he won the 200m butterfly title at London 2012. Her compatriot Chad le Clos reached Wednesday's final of the men's 200m butterfly third fastest after he won his semi-final. "See how it goes in the heats and then build up to that I am ready and I feel I am in a good place and in good form." I can't wait to sleep a little and refocus for the 200," she added. "I am a bit nervous for that but I am excited we have a whole days rest. She has another chance in the pool when she races in Wednesday's heats of her preferred event the 200m breaststroke, in which she is the reigning world silver medallist. "If that shows us there's hope in South Africa then it is because obviously, we know sport unites countries we have seen it with the rugby world cup so hopefully the Olympics does the same." I really hope this brings a little bit of hope for South Africa and we are obviously going through a tough time at the moment," she said. Schoenmaker qualified fastest for the final having set the Olympic record in the heats but was edged out by 17-year-old Jacoby for the gold with USA's world record holder Lilly King winning bronze. South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker had to settle for silver in the women's 100m breaststroke as she finished behind surprise winner the USA's Lydia Jacoby. Tokyo Olympics: Africa's highlights from day three.In the women's football Zambia's Copper Queens lost 1-0 to Brazil in their final group to crash out of the tournament. Moroccan boxer Youness Baalla was at the centre of controversy in the boxing ring as he attempted to bite his opponent from New Zealand.
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