Five-star Pieter Coetzé shines brightest with golden haul at SA Swimming Championships

The national Swimming Championship ended on Saturday with nine South African swimmers set to jet off to the Paris Olympic Games.

He had already secured first-place finishes in the 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke and 200m backstroke throughout the week.“I was really feeling tired before,” he said. “I was sitting in the ready-room yawning. I’m just happy to get the win tonight.” “I was thinking before the race, it’s actually crazy. Ten-year-old me would be absolutely shocked. I just beat Chad and Roland in one week.

“I kind of expected a bit more of myself, time-wise, in some races, but five golds is always nice and I don’t want to be too hard on myself,” he said. She had missed qualification in the final of the 200m freestyle on Wednesday evening by .13 of a second but bounced back sharply two days later.“Missing it by 0.1 does suck a little bit,” she said after her blitz swim. “I’m super happy with that swim.”“I knew that 0.1 was nothing, especially in a 200m. I knew I was there.”

Canny joins Rebecca Meder, Kaylene Corbett, Lara van Niekerk, Erin Gallagher, Tatjana Smith, Chad le Clos, Matthew Sates and Coetzé who have booked their ticket for the swimming pools in the Olympic Aquatics Centre in Paris.Aimee Canny wins gold in the women’s 200m freestyle. She qualified for the Paris Olympics.

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