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South African athletes claimed three silver medals and a bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Wednesday night.
National 400m sprint record holder Wayde van Niekerk was second to Olympic champion Kirani James of Granada, who won gold in a Games record time of 44.24 seconds.
Van Niekerk has another possible chance of winning silverware as he will feature in the 200m semi-finals along with compatriots Ncincilili Titi and Akani Simbine on Thursday.
South Africa's first field event medals came courtesy of the long jump duo of Zarck Visser and Rushwahl Samaai as they claimed silver and bronze respectively.
Olympic champion Greg Rutherford of England clinched the gold medal with a winning distance of 8.20m.
Visser leapt into second place with his best effort of 8.12m, while Samaai's 8.08m attempt earned him third place.
South African javelin queen Sunette Viljoen surrendered her Commonwealth title to Australia's Kim Mickle,who also smashed
Viljoen's Games record with a heave of 65.96m.
Viljoen's 63.19m was only good enough for a creditable silver medal.
South Africa are currently 7th on the medals table which is led by England.
