Olympics 2012
Schoeman, Louw into semis
2012-08-02 11:19
London - Three-time Olympic medallist Roland Schoeman and countryman Gideon Louw both qualified for the men's 50m freestyle semi-finals.
Schoeman,
who secured the bronze medal in the same event at the Athens Games in
2004, won his heat in 21.92 seconds, qualifying fifth fastest for the
semi-finals, while Louw was 11th fastest in a time of 22:12.
Karin
Prinsloo also progressed to Thursday night's semi-finals, finishing
fifth in her women's 200m backstroke heat and qualifying 13th fastest in
two minutes, 10.34 seconds (2:10.34).
Wendy Trott failed in her bid to qualify for the women's 800m freestyle final, finishing fourth in her heat in 8:28:98.
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