Matt Sates

Pieter Coetzé added the 100m freestyle title to his 50m freestyle gold on the second night of action at the SA National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha on Tuesday. The 19-year-old powered to victory in a time of 49.12 seconds to edge out veteran Chad le Clos who had chosen to focus on defending his 100m freestyle final rather than the 200m butterfly later in the evening. Le Clos finished second in 49.34 seconds with Guy Brooks taking the bronze in 49.42. Speaking after the race, Coetzé, … [Read more...] about Newton Park: Coetzé claims second gold as Sates bags butterfly title in Le Clos’s absence