TUESDAY, 30 JULY
Team SA started Tuesday with three medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics after Alan Hatherly and Tatjana Smith added to the total on Monday.
Men’s MTB cross-country: BRONZE! Alan Hatherly finished third in 1hr 26min 33sec, with Britain’s Tom Pidcock taking gold in 1:26.22 and France’s Victor Koretzky securing silver in 1:26.31.
On Tuesday we are represented across five different sports. The women’s surfing third round heat between Sarah Baum and Clarissa Moore was postponed in Teahupo’o. The men’s triathlon was also rescheduled until Wednesday.
In men’s hockey, Team SA lost 5-1 to Germany, while the women’s rugby team finished 11th after beating Fiji 21-15.
CYCLING (BMX)
Men’s park qualification
Vincent Leygonie was unable to finish in the top 9 and was eliminated after placing 12th with a points average of 75.85 after two runs
HOCKEY
Men’s Pool A: Team SA 1 Germany 5
ROWING
Women’s single sculls, quarter-finals: Paige Bandenhorst finished fourth in her quarter-final. How it works: The first three from each of the four heats progress to semi-finals A/B. The remainder go through to semi-finals C/D. Badenhorst therefore will be competing for places 13th to 24th.
RUGBY SEVENS
Women’s 11th/12th pace playoff: Team SA 21 Fiji 15
SURFING
Women’s third round: POSTPONED Sarah Baum vs Clarissa Moore
SWIMMING
Men’s 200m butterfly, heats: Matthew Sates finished 6th in 1:57.04. That p[aced him 20th on the overall time sheets and he missed out on a place in the semi-finals.
TRIATHLON
Men’s Individual: POSTPONED Jamie Riddle and Henri Schoeman. The event will now be held on Wednesday
