Defying swimming stars like Michael Phelps sand Pieter van den Hoogenband, the South African freestyle relay four blazed to Olympic glory.
Swimmers Chad le Clos and Roland Schoeman have done South Africa proud at the World Cup series in China.
Four-time Olympian Roland Schoeman has raced to a double gold on the first day of the second leg of the Fina World Cup Swimming in Berlin.
Swimming sensation Chad le Clos is headed to the London Olympics after swimming qualifying times for four butterfly medal events in Durban.
Preparations for next month’s world championships in Shanghai are off to a good start with a 14-medal haul for SA’s swimmers at Europe’s Mare Nostrum.
Durban-based Olympic swim star Kathryn Meaklim chalks up seven gold-medal performances at the South African Short-Course Championships.
Roland Schoeman smashed two African records on the second day of the four-day Telkom South African Short-Course Championships on Friday.
Tensions in South Africa’s swimming camp boiled over on Sunday as Roland Schoeman took a massive swipe at Gerhard Zandberg.
On the sunniest day so far of the Olympics Games, South African fortunes took a turn for the better.
Roland Schoeman became the fifth South African swimmer to make a final after he finished third in his semifinal of the 50m freestyle on Friday.
South Africa’s Roland Schoeman proved in Beijing on Thursday night that there is no reason to write him off just yet.
Roland Schoeman, a silver medallist in the 100m freestyle at the Athens Games, is looking to give struggling South Africa an Olympic medal boost.
Teams will soon line up for the event in which South Africa won their sole gold medal of the previous Olympics — the 4x100m freestyle relay.
Karien Jonckheere looks at South African swimmers at the Olympics and their medal hopes.
SA go into their fifth Olympic Games since sporting isolation with their medal hopes once again pinned on their swimmers and track and field athletes.
