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South African eyes may have been on Chad le Clos and Tatjana Schoenmaker on day one of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Friday, but it was Lara van Niekerk who stole the show.

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Teen Lara van Niekerk claims bronze as SA wins first medal at FINA World Championships

South African swimmer Lara van Niekerk clinched the country's first medal at the ongoing FINA World Championships in Budapest on Saturday.

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American Armstrong takes 50m backstroke gold, McIntosh wins 400m medley

BUDAPEST : American Hunter Armstrong won gold in the men's 50m backstroke in a dramatic finish at the world championships in Budapest on Saturday after compatriot Justin Ress was disqualified despite touching the wall first for being fully submerged at the finish.

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American Armstrong takes 50m backstroke gold after Ress disqualification

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SA swimmer Van Niekerk edges close to African record en route to world champs semi-final

South Africa's Lara van Niekerk came within five hundredths of a second of her own African record on her way to victory in her 50m breaststroke heats at the Swimming World Championships in Budapest on Friday.

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Large SA team gears up for Aquatics World Championships in Budapest

A team of 66 swimmers, divers, water polo players and artistic swimmers and their coaches are headed for Budapest to represent South Africa at the FINA World Aquatics Championships from 18 June to 3 July.

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Nine from nine for golden Sates at Mare Nostrum series

Matt Sates completed an astounding clean sweep of golds in each of his events at the Mare Nostrum series in Europe by clinching victory in the 200m individual medley in Canet, France on Sunday.

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Sates leads the charge as SA claim six medals on opening day of Mare Nostrum

Matthew Sates secured two gold medals on a prolific opening day for the South African swimming squad at the first leg of the Mare Nostrum series in Monaco on Saturday night.

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