Chad le Clos of South Africa competes during the Men’s 200m Butterfly during day two of the FINA Swimming World Cup at Duna Arena on October 5, 2018 in Budapest, Hungary. Photo by Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images
The FINA World Championships get underway in South Korea this weekend and South Africa has a strong presence.
Chad le Clos of South Africa competes during the Men’s 200m Butterfly during day two of the FINA Swimming World Cup at Duna Arena on October 5, 2018 in Budapest, Hungary. Photo by Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images
Swimming South Africa have sent a strong squad to compete in the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12-28 July.
Divers Micaela Bouter and Julia Vincent, as well as the KZN-based open water swimming contestants Michael and Chris McGlynn, will be in action on the first day of the Championships.
The diving competitions will take place at the Nambu International Aquatics Centre, while the Artistic Swimmers will show off their talents at the Yeomju Gymnasium.
A total of 18 swimmers will take to the pool with the swimming programme set to begin on 21 July. With the Olympics in Tokyo looming large on the horizon these Championships will go a long way towards determining who will carry South Africa’s medal hopes in the pool.
In the current team, only golden boy Chad Le Clos has an Olympic medal to his name among a young group of swimmers.
“The SA aquatics athletes are all champions in the eyes of Swimming SA and we trust that they will show the type of character, commitment and discipline, combined with their athletic skills of speed and strength, to become role models to our sports-loving fans across all communities in our country,” Swimming SA CEO Shaun Adriaanse said.
The ladies’ Water Polo team will play their first match on 14th July when they take on the Netherlands followed by New Zealand and the USA, while the men’s side starts their campaign on 15th July against Spain and continue with games against New Zealand and Hungary.
Full team lists:
Swimming:
Men
Women
Men’s Water Polo:
Woman’s Water Polo:
Open Water:
10 km men
10km women
5km men
5km women
Artistic Swimming:
Diving: