Anticipation builds as South African swimmers prepare to compete in the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha!
Global (07 February 2024) — Chad le Clos, Lara van Niekerk, Matt Sates, and so many other talented South African swimmers are setting off full steam ahead for the swimming events portion of the World Aquatics Championships 2024 in Doha. This marks the last big splash in terms of global competitions for the swimming world before the big catch—the Paris Olympics.
Although this year’s Worlds has an interesting timing (it is very early in the season for an event of this magnitude), Team South Africa is ready to dive into action, armed with positive outlooks.
“I love racing and both my coach and I thought it would be great preparation for Paris, and it will help us see what needs to be tweaked leading up to the Games,” said Lara van Niekerk who really started taking the swimming world by storm in 2022.
In agreement with the positive perspective, Swimming World Cup champ Pieter Coetzé added:
“I saw this as a great opportunity to race at the highest level and make some tweaks before the Olympics. I am aiming to be faster than I was in the past.”
Many swimming events are taking place from 11 February until 18 February, but the heat has already been on for divers and open water swimmers, polo players and artistic swimmers (South Africa has 49 representatives) who began their events on 2 February.
The swimmers representing South Africa are:
- Chad le Clos
- Clayton Jimmie
- Duné Coetzee
- Emma Chelius
- Erin Gallagher
- Hannah Pearse
- Lara van Niekerk
- Milla Drakopoulous
- Matthew Randle
- Matt Sates
- Pieter Coetzé
- Stephanie Houtman
- Tayla Jonker
Let’s show our swimmers pools of support!
Sources: Team South Africa
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