The second day of the Olympics held a little more cheer for
Africa as Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa won the gold medal in the men’s
100m Breaststroke, setting a new world record of 58.46 seconds, beating the
58.58 record set in 2009 by Brenton Rickard; he also set another Olympic
record, erasing the 58.83 record he made in the semi-finals on Saturday.
In the Women’s Judo 52kg, category, Christianne Legentil of
Mauritius made it to the Repechage Contest for the Bronze medal but lost to
Marie Muller of Luxembourg.
Aruna Quadri failed to make it past the second round of the Men’s
Table Tennis Singles leaving El-Sayed Lashin of Egypt as the only African left in the tournament.
Senegal are really doing very well for their first time out.
They had a 2:0 victory over Uruguay placing them at the top of their group.
Gabon on the other hand lost to Mexico in a 2:0 defeat. Egypt had another draw
with New Zealand, while Japan had a 1:0 victory over Morocco. Senegal are
now leading Group A with 4 points.
Ahmed Mejri of Tunisia won Chitou Shafiq with 16:9 in the
Men’s Light Category of the Boxing Tournament Round of 32; while Siphiwe Lusizi
of South Africa won Abdulkareem Ahmed Ahmed of Iraq 17:13 in the Round of 32 of
the Men’s Welter Weight category.
On the basketball court, Nigeria beat fellow African country
Tunisia in a 60:56 victory.
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