The 19-year-old is yet to lose a race at the SA Championships and has secured Olympic qualifying times in three of the four events in which he took part.
Pieter Coetzé won gold in the 100m backstroke on day 4 of the SA National Aquatic Championships at Newton Park Swimming Pool, Gqeberha.
The 19-year-old swimmer from Pretoria had already won the 50m backstroke, 100m freestyle and 200m backstroke events this week, securing Olympic qualifying times in all, bar the 100m freestyle. It was the second time in the day that Coetzé had surpassed the required time, having swum 53.05 in the heats on Thursday morning.
“He’s always going to be fast underwater so I knew after the turn I’m just going to try and get up and swim as fast as possible he is going to stay under and he did, so props to him, he did really well,” Coetzé said.
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