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Saturday, 17 February
Women's 50m freestyle heats - Emma Chelius finished 6th and did not qualify; Erin Gallagher finished 7th and did not qualify
Men's 50m backstroke heats - Pieter Coetze finished 1st, qualified for the semi-final
Women's 50m breaststroke heats - Lara van Niekerk finished 2nd, qualified for the semi-final
Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay heats - South Africa DNS
Women's 50m butterfly final - Erin Gallagher finished 4th.
Women's 50m breaststroke semi-final - Lara van Niekerk finished 2nd in race and 5th overall, qualified for final
Men's 100m butterfly final - Chad le Clos finished 5th.
Men's 50m backstroke semi-final - Pieter Coetzé finished 3rd, qualified for final
Sunday, 18 February
Men's 50m backstroke final - Pieter Coetzé finished 4th
Women's breaststroke final - Lara van Niekerk finished 4th
18 February 18:11
South Africa's Pieter Coetze finished just outside the medals in the 50m backstroke final at the World Aquatic Championships in Doha on Sunday.
The race was won by Australia's Isaac Cooper in a time of 24.13, with Hunter Armstrong (USA) and Ksawery Masiuk (Poland) second and third.
Coetze finished in fourth in a time of 24.59.
It was much the same story for Lara van Niekerk, who also just missed out on a podium in the 50m breaststroke.
Van Niekerk's finishing time of 30.47 was good enough for fourth in a race won by Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania in 29.40.
Qianting Tang of China took silver, while bronze went to Benedetta Pilato of Italy.
17 February 18:52
RESULT
Has Father Time caught up with Chad le Clos?
SA's decorated swimmer finishes 5th in the 100m butterfly final in a time of 51.48.
He was right in the fight in the first 50m, turning in second spot, but then lost pace as the rest surged forward.
Diogo Matos Ribiero of Portugal takes gold in 51.17.
17 February 18:41
RESULT
Lara van Niekerk will be in the women's 50m breaststroke final after finishing a creditable 2nd in her semi-final.
Her time of 30.56 is quite a fair way behind the pace-setters, but still sees her go through with the 5th best time overall.
17 February 18:20
RESULT
So close yet so far for Erin Gallagher, who just misses out on a medal in the women's 50m buttefly.
She finishes 4th in a time of 25.69, just shaded by Egypt's Farida Osman, who touched the wall in 25.67.
Brilliant swim by the 25-year-old.
The race though is dominated by Sweden's Sarah Sjoestroem, who wins gold in 24.63.
17 February 11:13
MORNING SESSION IN DOHA: Van Niekerk, Coetze qualify for semi-finals
Lara van Niekerk finished second with a time of 30.28 in her 50m breaststroke heat at the World Aquatics Championship in Doha and will swim in lane five in semi-final one later on Saturday (18:25).
South Africa's only medallist at the event so far, Pieter Coetze, gave himself another crack at a gong when he touched first in his 50m backstroke heat to reach the semi-finals in a time of 24.75. He will come up against Spanish 200m backstroke gold medallist, Hugo Gonzales, in semi-final two at 19:11. Gonzales finished his heat in first place, too, in a time of 24.72.
South Africa's other hopefuls, Emma Chelius and Erin Gallagher, fell out in their respective heats on Saturday morning, with Chelius placing sixth and Gallagher seventh in the women's 50m freestyle.
Gallagher will be competing in tonight's 50m butterfly final (18:02), with Olympian Chad le Clos racing in the 100m butterfly final (18:42).
The mixed 4x100m freestyle relay team did not start their heat.
Photo by Anton Geyser/Gallo Images
16 February 21:03
RESULT
South African swimmer Pieter Coetzé powered to claim the country's first medal at the World Aquatics Championship in Doha on Friday evening.
The 19-year-old from Pretoria held his nerve in the final 50m in the Men's 200m backstroke final to touch the wall third in a personal best of 1:55.99.
Coetzé swam from eighth to third place to claim bronze as Spain's Hugo Gonzalez took gold in 1:55.30 and Switzerland's Roman Mityukov the silver in 1:55.40.
Coetzé and the rest of the South African swimmers will be using the World Aquatics Championships as preparation for July's Paris Olympics.
16 February 19:40
RESULT
South African swimmer Erin Gallagher finished third in the Women's 50m butterfly semi-final on Friday in Doha.
Gallagher touched the wall third in 25.86 in the second semi-final and booked her place as the sixth-fastest and in Saturday's final (18:02 SA time).
16 February 18:44
RESULT
South African swimmer Hannah Pearse finished eighth in the women's 200m backstroke semi-final on Friday in World Aquatics Championship.
Pearse couldn't keep up with a strong field and failed to qualify for the final as she touched the wall in 2:13.29, while Australia's Jaclyn Barclay (2:08.85) won the semi-final.
16 February 18:22
RESULT
South African swimmer Chad le Clos won the men's 100m butterfly semi-final at the World Aquatics Championship in Doha.
Swimming in lane six, Le Clos touched the wall first in 51.70 seconds to book his place in Saturday's final (18:42 SA time).
20-year-old Sates, swimming in lane eight in the same semi-final, finished sixth in 51.99, but unfortunately finished 10th-fastest and missed out on the final.
16 February 08:59
RESULT
SA's Chad le Clos qualified for the men's 100m butterfly semi-final after finishing second in his heat on Friday morning.
Le Clos touched the wall in 52.04 seconds, behind Kazakhstan's Adilbek Mussin in 51.75.
Meanwhile, Le Clos compatriot Matthew Sates finished fifth in his heat with a time of 52.52.
Sates' didn't initially qualify but then made it into the semi-final after winning "swim off" heat against Ireland's Max McCusker.
Sates touched the wall in 51.80 and McCusker in 52.31.
15 February 20:10
RESULT
Pieter Coetze has done it.
A time of 1:57.07 in his semi-final sees him finish 5th, a time that's good enough for him to clinch a spot in the final.
That climax will take place on Friday evening.
15 February 19:04
RESULT
Erin Gallagher finishes way off the pace for a place in the final of the women's 100m freestyle semi-final, ending in a disappointing 11th place with a time of 54.53.
Marrit Steenbergen of Netherlands takes the honours, touching the wall in a winning time of 52.53.
15 February 09:14
RESULT
South African swimmer Pieter Coetze finished second in the men's 200m breaststroke heats at the World Aquatics Championship on Thursday.
Coetze touched the wall in 1:57.90 behind Greek's Apostolos Siskos (1:56.64) to qualify for Thursday evening's semi-final (19:33 SA time).
14 February 19:40
RESULT
SA's Matthew Sates also finished eighth - and last - in his men's 200m medley semi-final heat on Wednesday evening.
Sates touched the wall in 2:01.21 and failed to qualify for the final.
Great Britain's Duncan Scott was the winner of the heat with a time of 1:57.83.
14 February 19:03
RESULT
SA's Matthew Sates finished eighth - and last - in the men's 200m butterfly final on Wednesday evening.
Sates finished with a time of 1:57.23.
Japan's Tomoru Honda won gold in 1:53.88, while Italy's Alberto Razzetti took silver in 1:54.65 and Austria's Martin Espernberger bronze in 1:55.16.
14 February 18:45
RESULT
SA's Tayla Jonker finished 7th - and last - in her women's 50m backstroke semi-final heat on Wednesday.
Jonker touched the wall in a time of 28.48 seconds and did not qualify for the final.
The winner of the heat was Australia's Iona Anderson, who set a time of 27.51.
14 February 12:29
RESULT
South African swimmer Tayla Jonker finished fourth in the Women's 50m backstroke heats at the World Aquatics Championship on Wednesday.
In the lightening quick-fire heat, Jonker touched the wall fourth in 28.37 and qualified for the Wednesday's semi-final
Jonker will compete in the semi-final at 18:36 SA time.
14 February 11:26
RESULT
South African swimmer Matthew Sates finished second in the Men's 200m medley in the World Aquatics Championship on Wednesday.
Sates touched the wall in 2:00.28 and behind Gabriel Lopes in Portugal (1:59.80).
The 20-year-old will compete in the semi-final tonight (19:29 SA time).
13 February 22:27
Sates qualifies for 200m butterfly final, Coetze finishes in fifth
Having come into the 100m backstroke final as the second fastest qualifier in the field, there was disappointment for Pieter Coetzé as he finished out of medal contention in fifth place at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha on Tuesday.
Coetzé, who is the current Commonwealth Games champion in the event, turned in fifth place at the 50m mark and hit the lane ropes on several occasions, slowing him down on what is usually a powerful final 50m.
The 19-year-old was competing in his first ever final at this level and said afterwards: "There is not much to say – I didn't feel the nerves more than any other race.
"Hitting the ropes was unusual for me and I was very disappointed with the outcome of this race."
Coetzé finished in 53.51 seconds for his fifth place, with American Hunter Armstrong taking the gold in 52.68, Spain's Hugo Gonzalez the silver in 52.70 and Greece’s Apostolos Christou bronze in 53.36.
Both Coetzé's heat and semi-final times from Monday would have seen him clinching the bronze medal.
Later in the evening Coetzé's teammate, Matt Sates, finished fourth in his 200m butterfly semi-final to book a spot in tomorrow night's final.
It could be a busy day for Sates, who is also down to compete in the 200m individual medley heats tomorrow morning with a potential semifinal in the evening session.
The 20-year-old was languishing in seventh place at the halfway mark in his semi-final but worked his way up to sixth by the final turn and then produced an impressive final 50m to work his way up to fourth place, finishing in 1 minute 55.88 seconds.
"I felt like I got the job done in the semi-final to make it to the final and you know what they say – if you've got a lane, you've got a chance,” said Sates afterwards.
"I'll be in Lane 1 and it feels good to just be out there swimming with the South African flag … You can best believe I will give it my all in that last 50."
Meanwhile, veteran Chad le Clos decided to give the 200m butterfly, the event in which he won Olympic gold in 2012, a miss at these championships and did not compete in the heats on Tuesday.
He is scheduled to line up for the 100m freestyle heats tomorrow morning and the 100m butterfly heats on Friday.
The only other South African in action on Tuesday was Duné Coetzee, whose time of 2:01.02 saw her finishing 28th overall in the women’s 200m freestyle.
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13 February 20:26
South Africa's 19-year-old Pieter Coetze finished fifth in the men's 100m backstroke final, in a time of 55.51 seconds, as he sailed too close to the lane ropes in what would otherwise have been a competitive race to be among the medals. American Hunter Armstrong (52.68) took the gold medal, with Spain's Hugo Gonzalez (52.70) and Apostolos Christou (53.36) of Greece completing the podium.
Meanwhile, Matthew Sates qualified for the men's 200m butterfly event after he finished in fourth place in semi-final 1. The final will take place on Wednesday.
13 February 09:31
SATES QUALIFES FOR 200M BUTTERFLY SEMIS, DNS FOR LE CLOS
South Africa's Matthew Sates finished sixth in his men's 200m butterfly heat to qualify for the semi-finals.
Sates finished in a time of 1:56.40 - behind Estonia's Gregor Zirk (1:55.58) who finished first.
Sates' compatriot, Chad le Clos, was also due to compete but did not start the heat.
13 February 09:15
RESULT
South African swimmer Dune Coetzee finished 10th in her 200m freestyle heat, missing out on a place in the semi-final.
Coetzee finished with a time of 2:01.02 just under three seconds off the pace of first-placed Brazilian Maria Fernanda.
12 February 18:52
RESULT
South African swimmer Lara van Niekerk missed out on the Women's 100m breaststroke final after finishing seventh in her semi-final on Monday at the World Aquatics Championship.
Swimming in lane eight, Van Niekerk struggled to keep up in a fast-paced race as she touched the wall in 1:07.25 - unable to qualify for Tuesday's final.
Van Niekerk, who is a two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, has one more event to look forward to in Doha as she competes in Saturday's 50m breaststroke heats (09:12 SA time).
12 February 18:40
RESULT
South African swimmer Pieter Coetze finished first in his semi-final of the Men's 100m backstroke at the World Aquatics Championship in Doha on Monday evening.
Coetze, who won gold in the 100m backstroke at 2022's Birmingham Commonwealth Games, touched the wall first in the second semi-final at 53.07.
The 19-year-old Pretoria swimmer qualifies as the second-fastest for Tuesday's evening final.
Coetze is tipped to claim his first World Championship medal with the final set at 18:59 SA time.
12 February 18:32
RESULT
South Africa's Erin Gallagher finished seventh in the Women's 100 butterfly final at the World Championships in Doha on Monday.
Gallagher, who swam and African record in the semi-finals on Sunday, touched the wall in a time of 57.83.
Touching the wall first to win the gold medal was German Angelina Kohler (56.28), American Claire Curzan took silver (56.61) and Swede Louise Hansson (56.94) rounded the podium.
