Team SA ends the student games with six medals
South Africa ended with six medals at the World Student Games last week.
Eliot Mahlase
Team SA returned from the mixed sport World Student Games in Gwangju, South Korea with six medals.
The World Student Games were held from 24 June to 15 July where more than 40 countries participated in different sports. The national squad ended their campaign with a total of six medals (two gold and four bronze), all achieved in athletics.
The men’s half-marathon squad secured bronze in the team event, spearheaded by Thabang Masihlelo who finished eighth in the individual race with a time of 1:07:11.
Rynardt van Rensburg put up a strong fight to grab third place in the men’s 800m final with a time of 1:49.30.
Roelf Pienaar took an early lead in the high-jump with a second-round leap of 7.98m and while he was overtaken in the latter stages of the competition, he held on to reach the podium, earning bronze.
The women’s 4x400m athletics quartet of Anneri Ebersohn, Arlene Gowar, Anuscha Nice and Justine Palframan managed to claim sixth place. The men’s 4x100m relay team (Ncinci Titi, Gideon Trotter, Eckhardt Rossouw and Akani Simbine) secured a bronze medal.
On the football field the SA women’s side lost out in a penalty shootout to Ireland, ending the tournament in 14th position.
Sduduzo Dlamini scored in the first half, and captain Refiloe Jane netted a second-half brace to give the South Africans a 3-1 lead with 11 minutes remaining, but the Canadians buried two late goals to save a 3-3 draw. The Irish outfit went on to win 4-2 in the shootout.
The men’s soccer finished sixth, losing to Ireland in their final match. Pretoria born Jerry Nkwana finished as the team’s top scorer with four goals in six games.
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