Team SA is in motion in 13 totally different sports activities on Saturday’s Day 2 of competitors at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
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There are medal expectations within the pool the place Lara van Niekerk twice broke the Commonwealth Games file within the heats and the semi-final within the 50m breaststroke, whereas Pieter Coetze is fancied within the 100m backstroke after qualifying quickest.
The girls’s T20 cricketers open their marketing campaign, as do the netballers and the boys’s hockey staff. Team SA’s Sevens rugby males, gold medallists in 2014, will probably be hoping to construct on an unbeaten first day as they prepare for the knockout phases.
5 EVENTS TO WATCH
Women’s 50m breaststroke, closing: Teenager Lara van Niekerk broke the Games file within the heats with 29.82 and she or he has certified quickest for the ultimate. She is a red-hot favorite. Although not her finest distance, 100m Olympic gold medallist Tatjana Schoenmaker may also discover her method onto the rostrum
Men’s 100m backstroke: Pieter Coetze is one other rising teen takes to the water and, dare we are saying it, he’s our gold medal alternative on this occasion. He was quickest in Friday morning meats and adopted that up with one other good swim within the semi-finals the place he certified quickest for the ultimate
Netball, SA vs Jamaica: Team SA’s netballers take to the courtroom of their Group A opener towards Jamaica. They are on a excessive, given that there’s now lower than a 12 months to go till the 2023 World Cup in Cape Town and the truth that Bongi Msomi carried the South African flag at the opening ceremony. Australia opened their marketing campaign with a crushing 95-18 win over Barbados and South Africa will probably be seeking to get most factors towards Jamaica right here. The Jamaicans began with a 72-43 win over Wales.
T20 Women’s Cricket: Team SA take on New Zealand in a troublesome Group B encounter at Edgbaston. With solely two international locations progressing from the group, SA will probably be conscious of beating the Kiwis, given England are in the identical qualifying pool. This can also be girls’s T20 cricket’s debut at the Games
Sevens rugby: Team SA’s males will probably be seeking to beat Scotland to complete their pool matches unbeaten. They will then be in motion within the quarter-finals on Saturday night, which might thrust them into medal competition for the Sunday shootout.
TEAM SA IN COMMONWEALTH GAMES ACTION – DAY 2
NOTE: All occasions are native (for SA occasions add one hour)
BADMINTON
2pm Mixed Team occasion: Group D: SA vs Malaysia
(Caden Kakora, Jarred Elliott, Deidree Jordaan, Johanna Scholtz, Robert Summers)
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
3.30pm: Men’s Pool B: SA vs Rwanda
BOXING
12.30pm Women’s 57kg, Round of 32: Amzolele Dyeyi vs Hussam Uddin Mohammed (India)
CRICKET
11am T20 Women (Group B): SA vs New Zealand
GYMNASTICS
12pm Team closing, Individual qualification: Caitlin Rooskrantz, Naveen Daries, Shante Koti, Garcelle Napier, Mammule Rankoe
LAWN BOWLS
8.30am Men’s Pairs B6-B8, Section A, Round 3: vs Scotland (Willem Viljoen, Deon van der Vyver)
8.30am Women’s singles, Section C, Round 3: Colleen Piketh vs Shae Wilson (Norfolk Island)
11.30am Men’s Trips, Section D, Round 4: vs Malaysia (Jason Evans, Petrus Breitenbach, Bradley Robinson)
11.30am Para Women’s Pairs B6-B8, Section A, Round 3: vs Australia (Desiree Levin, Victoria van der Merwe)
3pm Men’s Pairs: Section D, Round 3 (Prince Nelounde, Wayne Rittmuller)
3pm Men’s Pairs B6-B8, Section A, Round 4: vs New Zealand (Willem Viljoen and Deon van der Vyver)
3pm Women’s Fours, Section B, Round 3: vs New Zealand (Johanna Snyman, Esme Kruger, Bridgit Calitz and Thabelo Muvhango)
HOCKEY
9am Men’s Pool A: SA vs Pakistan
NETBALL
6pm Women’s Pool A: South Africa vs Jamaica
PARA ATHLETICS
7am T53-54, Men’s marathon: Tiaan Bosch. “I’m looking to finish in the top five,” is the phrase from our para marathon man.
RUGBY SEVENS
9am Women, Pool B: SA vs Scotland
12.18pm Men, Pool B: SA vs Scotland
Quarter-finals: TBC
SWIMMING
Morning session
10.36am Men’s 200m freestyle, warmth 3: Matthew Sates, Andrew Ross
11.01am Women’s 50m freestyle, warmth 8: Olivia Nel, Erin Gallagher
11.01am Women’s 50m freestyle, warmth 9: Emma Chelius
11.15am Men’s 100m breaststroke, warmth 5: Brenden Crawford, Michael Houlie
11.27am Women’s 100m backstroke, warmth 4: Rebecca Meder
11.30am Men’s 400m IM, warmth 1: Matthew Sates
11.50am: Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay, warmth 2
Evening session
7.12pm: Women’s 50m breaststroke, closing: Lara van Niekerk, Tatjana Schoenmaker, Kaylene Corbett
7.57pm: Women’s S13 50m freestyle, closing: Cornelle Leach, Alani Ferreira
9.26pm: Women’s 4x100m freestyle, closing
TABLE TENNIS
9.30am Women’s Group 2: vs Fiji (Danisha Patel, Misfiquh Kalam, Lailaa Edwards, Zodwa Maphanga)
12pm Men’s Group 2: vs Ghana (Shaun Jones, Kirshwan Steyn, Chetan Nathoo, Theo Cogill)
WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL (3×3)
8.45pm Women, Group B: SA vs Scotland