South Africa's Lythe Pillay crosses the finish line ahead of St Lucia's Michael Joseph and Nigeria's Chidi Okezie in the men's 400m repechage round of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris A number of Team SA athletes will be in action on Tuesday, with five competing in semi-finals. Seen here: Team SA's Lythe Pillay (centre). Picture: Jewel Samad/AFP
Image: Jewel Samad/AFP
It will be another busy day for Team SA at the Paris Olympics with five South Africans involved in semi-finals.
10am: First up in sport climbing will be Lauren Mukheibir in the women’s boulder & lead, semi-final boulder.
11.30am: In the canoe sprint, in the men’s kayak double 500m heats, Andrew Birkett and Hamish Lovemore will carry the SA flag.
12.10pm: In the canoe sprint, in the women’s kayak double 500m heats, Esti Olivier and Tiffany Koch will do duty.
12.30pm: In athletics, Benjamin Richardson will be the first SA athlete in action on the track in the men’s 200m repechage round.
1pm: In sport climbing, Joshua Bruyns will compete in the men’s speed qualification seeding in the last bit of action from an SA perspective in the day session.
7.35pm: In athletics, Zakithi Nene and Lythe Pillay will both compete in the men’s 400m semi-finals.
8.07pm: In athletics, Zeney Geldenhuys and Rogail Joseph will take part in the women’s 400m hurdles semi-finals.
Looking ahead to Thursday, the women’s golf competition will begin with Ashleigh Buhai and Paula Reto looking to win a first-ever Olympic medal on the fairways for South Africa.
This comes after SA’s last big medal hope, Prudence Sekgodiso was unable to replicate her earlier form this season in the women’s 800m final on Monday evening. The 22-year-old contended strongly, before fading badly in the final straight to finish eighth.
Wayde van Niekerk will be in action in the men’s 200m semi-finals starting at 8pm.
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