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By Sports Reporter

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Gold Coast programme: SA finals, day one

Look out for these local athletes in the Commonwealth Games.


The Commonwealth Games gets under way on Australia’s Gold Coast on Thursday, with Team SA participating in 16 codes over 11 days of competition.

With a number of medals on the cards on the opening day, these are the potential finalists who could be chasing podiums, provided they progress through qualifying rounds.

SA athletes in potential finals on day one:

Triathlon

1.30am – Gillian Sanders, Simone Ackermann (women) 5am – Richard Murray, Henri Schoeman, Wian Sullwald (men)

Cycling (track)

11.30am – Elfriede Wolfaardt, Ilze Bole, Andelia Neetling, Charlene du Preez, Danielle van Niekerk (4 000m team pursuit, women) 12.12pm – David Maree, Steven van Heerden, Nolan Hoffman, Gert Fouche, Joshua van Wyk (4 000m team pursuit, men)

Swimming

11.37am – Marlies Ross (400m individual medley, women) 11.46am – Brent Szurdoki, Eben Voster (400m freestyle, men) 12.04pm – Dune Coetzee, Kristen Bellingan, Marlies Ross (200m freestyle, women) 1.44pm – Ayrton Sweeney, Luan Grobbelaar (200m breaststroke, men) 1.50pm – Team SA (4x100m freestyle relay, women

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