Matthew Sates secured two gold medals on a prolific opening day for the SA swimming squad at the first leg of the Mare Nostrum series in Monaco on Saturday night.
“I didn’t really see anyone next to me, but I knew she was going to come back hard on the second 50. I saw her at the end, I actually thought I had it but she just out-touched me. She was super-sweet about it, she congratulated me and she’s an amazing person.”
Van Niekerk was back in the pool in the skins races later in the evening, winning her 50m breaststroke quarterfinal in 30.08 to progress to Sunday’s semifinal. Jacoby was fourth in that race in 31.43 seconds. The other two South Africans to grace the podium in Monaco were teenagers Pieter Coetzé and Rebecca Meder.
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