South Africa's Women Open Their Glasgow 2026 Medal Account with Relay Bronze - gsport4girls
South Africa's women are on the board at Glasgow 2026 as Georgia Nel, Rebecca Meder, Jessica Thompson and Caitlin de Lange stormed to 4x100m freestyle relay bronze at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland on Friday.
gsport ContributorJuly 25, 2026South Africa’s women opened their Glasgow 2026 medal account in style as Georgia Nel, Rebecca Meder, Jessica Thompson and Caitlin de Lange claimed bronze in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland on Friday, 24 July 2026. The quartet earned their place in the final by finishing third in their morning heat in 3:43. 87 to qualify fifth fastest, before returning in the evening to touch third again when it mattered most and secure the first medal for South Africa’s women at these Games. From the gsport Newsroom Archives, June 2026There is every chance of more to come on Saturday night after all three South Africans powered into the women’s 50m butterfly final. Erin Gallagher won her heat in 25. 70 and went quicker still in the semi-finals, her 25. 69 leading home De Lange in 26. 28 in a South African one-two, while Thompson took third in the other semi-final in 26. 02. Gallagher qualified second fastest for the final, with Thompson fourth and De Lange fifth. There was heartbreak for Hannah Pearse, who was third in her 200m backstroke heat in 2:12. 37 and missed the final by 0. 01 seconds in ninth overall, while Duné Coetzee (4:14. 93) and Hannah Robertson (4:19. 58) missed out on the 400m freestyle final. On the greens, Jackie Janse van Rensburg and Thabelo Muvhango went down 2-0 (6-4, 7-5) to India in the second round of the women’s pairs, and in the para mixed pairs B2-B3, Princess Schroeder and Keith Orwell lost 2-0 (8-3, 6-1) to Scotland. On the court, South Africa’s women’s wheelchair 3×3 side of Aviwe Ngoni, Michelle Moganedi, Ongezwa Hagu and Asive Gilifile fell 19-3 to Canada in pool play. The netball opener headlines upcoming action on Saturday, 25 July, with Team South Africa facing Malawi in Pool A at 22h00. At 19h20, Caitlin Rooskrantz, Naveen Daries, Zelme Daries, Karma Visagie and Buhle Nhleko contest the women’s artistic gymnastics team final and individual qualification. On the greens, Janse van Rensburg and Muvhango meet Namibia in the women’s pairs at 13h45, while Schroeder and Orwell face England at 13h45 and Wales at 21h40 in the para mixed pairs. In the pool, the morning session from 11h30 brings the women’s 200m freestyle heats for Coetzee, Georgia Nel and Robertson, the 100m backstroke heats for Pearse, Thompson and Olivia Nel at 12h09, the 100m breaststroke heats for Rebecca Meder, Aimee Canny and Kaylene Corbett at 12h36, and the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay heats at 13h20. 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Original Copy: Team SA, with editing by gsportMain Photo Caption: Olivia Nel, Erin Gallagher, Rebecca Meder and Aimee Canny (L-R) claimed bronze in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland on Friday, 24 July 2026. 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