Swimming team jets off to Africa Aquatics Championships :: Mmegi Online

Local swimmers are set to make waves at the XVI Africa Aquatics and Open Water Swimming Championships to be held in Luanda, Angola, from April 30 to May 5.

The 12 swimmers jetted off yesterday after a send off ceremony held at the University of Botswana on Saturday afternoon. Speaking to SportMonitor, Matthew Gibson, who is a member of the Africa Aquatics Swimming technical committee, which would be assisting in running the event in Angola, said there would be two things happening at the championships.

There are the pool swimming championships, which takes place first and on the final day of the competition there will be open water swimming championships. “This is the Senior Africa Championships so it is senior open level, there are 36 countries registered currently and it is a big event, with the whole of Africa competing.

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Swimming team jets off to Africa Aquatics Championships

Local swimmers are set to make waves at the XVI Africa Aquatics and Open Water Swimming Championships to be held in Luanda, Angola, from April 30 to May 5.

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