Team South Africa are making waves at the African Games in Accra, Ghana, clinching 16 medals on Sunday, March 10, bringing their total count to 29. So far, they have secured four gold medals (in badminton, cycling, and swimming), five silver medals (in cycling and swimming), and seven bronze medals (in badminton, swimming, and wrestling).

In badminton, Johanita Scholtz successfully defended her women’s singles title, while Dillon Geary finished second in the men’s cycling road race and was also honored with gold for being the top U23 rider. Swimming contributed two more gold medals (earned by Simone Moll and Team SA’s 4x100m medley relay).

In other events, Sheshnie Naidu’s impressive performance yielded four wickets for 13 runs as South Africa bowled out Nigeria for 74 in their women’s T20 cricket match. Faye Tunnicliffe’s innings of 45 runs off 34 balls propelled Team SA into the semi-finals as they chased down their target with six wickets in hand and 5.1 overs to spare.

RESULTS: Sunday, March 10

BADMINTON

Mixed doubles, semi-finals
Team SA (Caden Kakora/Johanita Scholtz) lost to Egypt 2-0
BRONZE! Team SA earn a bronze

Men’s doubles, semi-finals
Team SA (Jarred Elliott/Robert Summers) lost to Nigeria 2-0
BRONZE! Team SA earn a bronze

Women’s singles, semi-finals
Johanita Scholtz bt Fadilah Rafi (Uganda) 2-0

Women’s singles, semi-finals
GOLD! Johanita Scholtz bt Husina Kobugani (Uganda) 2-1

CHESS

Men’s Rapid Individual
Round 1
Caleb Levitan 1 beat Wilfried Ntamatungiro (Burundi) 0
Round 2
Caleb Levitan 0.5 drew with Rakotomaharo Antenaina (Madagascar) 0.5
Round 3
Caleb Levitan 0 lost to Mwali Chitumbo (Zambia) 1

Women’s Rapid Individual
Round 1: Anzel Laubscher beat Amerley Ayiku (Ghana) 1-0
Round 2: Anzel Laubscher lost to Wafa Shahenda (Egypt) 1-0
Round 3: Anzel Laubscher lost to Marie Tccetche (Ivory Coast) 1-0

CRICKET

Women’s Group A
Nigeria 74 in 18.4 overs (Sheshnie Naidu 4-13, Kayla Reyneke 3-12)
Team SA 78-6 in 14.5 overs (Faye Tunnicliffe 45)
Team SA won by 4 wickets

CYCLING

Men’s road race
GOLD – and SILVER! Dillon Geary finished second to claim silver while Alexandre Mayer of Mauritius claimed the gold. Geary won the gold medal for the under-23 category because he was the leading rider across the line in that group.

SWIMMING

Men’s 200m freestyle heats
Andrew Ross won his heat in 1:53.09, with Tumelo Mahan 3rd in the same heat in 1:54.83. They qualified 2nd and 5th fastest for the evening final behind Egypt’s Marwan Elkamash (1:53.07)

Men’s 200m freestyle, final
BRONZE! Andrew Ross finished 3rd in 1:51.09 as Egypt’s Marwan Elkamash claimed gold in 1:49.75
Tumelo Mahan finished 6th in 1:55.04

Men’s 100m breaststroke, heats
Petrus Truter won his heat in 1:02.99 and Andrew Ross finished 3rd in his heat in 1:03.08. The time means Truter was the fastest qualifier into the final, while Ross qualified 11th overall and missed out

Men’s 100m breaststroke, final
Petrus Truter finished 4th in the final in 1:03.10, with gold going to Namibia’s Ronan Wanternaar in 1:01.86

Men’s 50m butterfly, heats
Jaydon Eaton finished 2nd in his heat in 24.50, which is joint 2nd fastest going into the final
Kaydn Naidoo finished 3rd in his heat in 24.97 and is first reserve for the final

Men’s 50m butterfly, final
BRONZE! Jaydon Eaton picked up the bronze medal when he finished third behind Ali Khalafalla (23.93). Eaton touched the wall in 24.42

Men’s 200m backstroke, heats
Helgaard Muller won his heat in 2:05.88 to qualify 2nd fastest overall. Liam Vehbi finished 2nd in his heat in 2:017.12 to qualify 3rd fastest overall into the final

Men’s 200m backstroke, final
BRONZE! Helgaard Muller placed 3rd in the final in 2:03.99 in a rce where gold went to Zimbabwe’s Denilson Cyprianos in 2:01.96
Liam Vehbi missed out on a medal when he finished 4th in 2:09.89

Women’s 200m freestyle, heats
Hannah Mouton won her heat in 2:06.83 to qualify fastest for the final, with Catherine van Rensburg 2nd in the same 2:10.37 and qualified 3rd fastest for the final

Women’s 200m freestyle, final
SILVER! Hannah Mouton finished 2nd in 2:04.08, with gold going to Egypt’s Lojine Hamed (2:03.63)
BRONZE! Catherine van Rensburg finished 3rd in 2:04.35

Women’s 100m breaststroke, heats
Simone Moll won her heat in 1:09.41, while Georgia Els won her heat in 1:11.27. The two swimmers were comfortably the fastest two qualifiers into the final

Women’s 100m breaststroke, final
GOLD! Simone Moll claimed the gold medal in 1:09.50
SILVER! Georgia Els pushed Moll all the way to take silver in 1:09.91

Women’s 50m butterfly, heats
Caitlin de Lange won her heat in 27.20 while Tamzyn Robson finished 5th in her heat in 29.54. De Lange qualified 2nd fastest for the final, while Robson was 15th overall and misses out

Women’s 50m butterfly, final
SILVER! Caitlin de Lange raced to silver behind Egypt’s Farida Osman, when she touched the wall in 26.81

Women’s 200m backstroke, final
SILVER! Taylor Jonker raced to the silver medal in 2:21.84, in an event won by Anishta Teeluck of Mauritius in 2:17.71
Leigh McMorran finished 4th in 2:25.53

4x100m Mixed Medley relay, heats
Team SA won their heat in 3:59.55, comfortably the fastest going into the final

4x100m Mixed Medley relay, final
GOLD! Team SA went even quicker in the final, stopping the clock at 3:57.56 to take gold from Algeria and Egypt

TABLE TENNIS

Men’s doubles, round of 32
Team SA 3 Ethiopia 2: Liam Beukes/Cowen Lodewyk beat Daniel Beyene/Danell Hadsh 8-11 11-13 11-5 11-4 11-7
Team SA 3 Sudan 0: Luke Abrahams/Chetan Nathoo beat El Mutasim Idris/Mohammed Adam 11-5 11-4 11-3

Men’s doubles, round of 16
Team SA 0 Nigeria 3: Liam Beukes/Cowen Lodewyk lost to Matthew Kuti/Taiwo Mato 11-5 11-8 11-4
Team SA 3 Ghana 2: Luke Abrahams/Chetan Nathoo beat Samuel Akayade/Emmanuel Commey 11-9 11-7 8-11 10-12 11-8

Men’s doubles, quarter-finals
Team SA 0 Egypt 3: Luke Abrahams/Chetan Nathoo lost to Yousawf Abdel-Aziz/Mohamed El-Beiali 8-11 5-11 4-11

Women’s doubles, round of 32
Team SA (Mushfiquh Kalam/Danisha Patel) won, bye
Team SA 0 Algeria 3: Lailla Edwards/Rochica Sonday lost to Lucie Mobarek/Lynda Loghraibi 7-11 7-11 9-11

Women’s doubles, round of 16
Team SA 3 Zambia 1: Mushfiquh Kalam/Danisha Patel beat Mubanga Kunda/Latifa Nalavwe 11-13 11-1 11-4 11-6

Women’s doubles, quarter-finals
Team SA 0 Nigeria 3: Mushfiquh Kalam/Danisha Patel lost to Fatimo Bello/ Offiong Edem 9-11 4-11 4-11

WRESTLING

Women’s freestyle 62kg, qualifying: Minette Kruger lost to Kolawale Omolayo (Nigeria) 8-0
Women’s freestyle 62kg, repechage: Minette Kruger beat Eunice Mburu (Kenya) 6-0
Women’s freestyle 62kg, final 3-5: Minette Kruger lost to Salmontou Coulibaly (Egypt) 12-2
Women’s freestyle 68kg, quarter-final: Bea Meiring beat Emmanuella Karikari (Ghana) 4-0
Women’s freestyle 68kg, final 3-5: Bea Meiring beat Samah Abdellatif (Egy) 3-1
Women’s freestyle 76kg, quarter-final: Lillian Mbena lost to Youin Amy (Ivory Coast) 10-0
BRONZE! Women’s freestyle 76kg, final 3-6: Lillian Mbena beat Emilia Tassembedo (Burundi) 4-0

MEDALS BY CODE
17 Swimming (6 gold, 6 silver, 5 bronze)
4 Karate (4 bronze)
3 Badminton (1 gold, 2 bronze)
3 Cycling (2 gold, 1 silver)
1 Table tennis (1 bronze)
1 Wrestling (1 bronze)