Swimmers carry SA team at Commonwealth Games, as other sports struggle to make an impact
The swimming squad claimed 23 medals at the Games, but only two other sports made contributions, with the athletics team securing four podium places and judo adding one to the bag.
On the final day of action at the 11-day showpiece, two South Africans participated in track cycling finals, with Mitchell Sparrow finishing 14th in the men’s 1 000m time trial and S’annara Grove ending 22nd in the women’s elimination race.
The national team ended 11th in the overall standings with 28 medals – one more than the medal haul of 27 achieved at the previous edition of the Games in Birmingham in 2022, despite that squad having been twice the size as it was in Glasgow.
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