Prudence Sekgodiso finished eighth in the 800m final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday night, in time of 1:58.79.
Monday’s action was mainly at the Stade de France for Team SA as athletics took centre stage.
Team SA started the day with four medals with Tatjana Smith (gold and silver) and the men’s sevens rugby and Alan Hatherly (bronze).
Wayde van Niekerk and Shaun Maswangani both finished third in their respective 200m heats to go straight into the semi-final but there was pain etched over his face as Benjamin Richardson suffered a leg injury while going well. He recorded a time however, which hasn’t eliminated him from racing in the repechage if he’s fit enough.
China (20 golds) lead the overall medals table, followed by the United States (19 golds) and France and Australia (each 12 golds). South Africa are 29th with one gold.
ATHLETICS
Women’s 800m, final: Prudence Sekgodiso finished eighth in a time of 1.58.79
Men’s 200m heats: Wayde van Niekerk finished third in his heat in 20.42 to automatically qualify for the semi-finals
Men’s 200m heats: Benjamin Richardson pulled up with an upper right leg injury with 80m remaining and hobbled painfully over the line. He is a doubt for Team SA’s 4x100m relay
Men’s 200m heats: Shaun Maswangani finished third in his heat in 20.20 and qualified automatically for the semi-finals
Men’s discus qualification, Group A: Francois Prinsloo had a best throw of 61.35m with his second attempt which placed him 13th in his group. Overall, the top 12 throwers from the two groups go through to the final, so the South African doesn’t progress.
Men’s discus qualification, Group B: Victor Hogan had a best throw of 60.78m, which left in in 13th place in his group and he doesn’t progress to the 12-man final.
Men’s 400m repechage: Lythe Pillay won his heat in 45.40 to qualify for the semi-finals
Men’s 400m repechage: Zakhiti Nene won his heat in 44.81 to qualify for the semi-finals
Women’s 400m heats: Miranda Coetzee finished fourth in her heat in 51.58, just missing out on qualification for the semi-finals but qualifying for the repechage and another chance to reach them
SPORT CLIMBING
Men’s boulder & Lead, semi-final boulder: Mel Janse van Rensburg scored a total of 9.4 points and didn’t go through to the next round
Women’s speed qualification seeding heats: Aniya Holder produced a personal best of 9.12 seconds and progresses to the seeding phase
Women’s speed heats: Aniya Holder came up against the Olympic champion and world record holder Aleksandra Miroslaw and was beaten. Holder’s time of 9.36sec was bettered by Miroslaw in 6.10.
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