CAPE TOWN, April (ANA) – South Africa are in 5th place on the medals table at the end of Day 3 at the Commonwealth Games in Australia.
Superstar swimmer Chad le Clos is leading South Africa's charge with gold medals in the 50m and 200m butterfly events.
By the end of business on Saturday, South Africa raised their medal tally to 7 as Cameron van der Burgh (100m breaststroke) and Mona Pretorius (weightlifting, 63kg) won bronze medals.
South Africa's fourth gold medal was claimed by swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker who won the women's 200m breaststroke final.
It was a historic feat for SA as the country have never won the event before and have had to settle for silver on three previous occasions at the Games,
The women's 200m breaststroke final also marked the first time that South African had three swimmers contested the same final at a major championship. Emily Visagie was seventh and Kaylen Corbett eighth.
The Tuks swimmer Schoenmaker will be competing in the 100m-breaststroke on Sunday.
Medals table (gold, silver, bronze, total):
1 Australia 20 17 20 57
2 England 14 12 6 32
3 Canada 5 7 6 18
4 India 4 1 1 6
5 South Africa 4 0 3 7
6 Scotland 3 6 6 15
7 New Zealand 3 4 5 12
8 Wales 2 3 1 6
9 Malaysia 2 0 1 3
10 Bermuda 1 0 0 1 – African News Agency (ANA
