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DAILY UPDATE - 3 August 2013 Day 9 of competition and Team SA final day of competition

Team will return home from the 2013 with four medals in their baggage.

Orienteering (Michael Crone) and Aero sport (Chris Teague) were our final competitors on the penultimate day of competition.

The Games end tomorrow (4 August) with the closing ceremony at the main stadium.

Our four medals came courtesy of the (gold), (two bronze) and tug-of-war (bronze), beating the three medals we won at the last games in Taiwan four years ago.

Some team members, including the sevens players, took time out to visit the history Cristo Rey Statue on the mountains above the city. The monument was erected back in 1952.

Those members of the team still in , will leave for the long trip home on Monday, 5 August.

Team SA Final Medal Table

Overall Medal Count

http://www.theworldgames.org/the-world-games/cali-colombia-2013/medal-tally

NEWS:

Rugby 7’s

SASCOC salute gold medal winning Sevens side

August 3rd, 2013 | Published in Media Releases

SASCOC saluted the victorious South African rugby sevens side after they grabbed the gold medal at the World Games in Cali, on Friday.

The sevens side beat 33-24 in the final to win gold in the final World Games sevens competition as the code has now been incorporated into the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, .

“What a fantastic win,” said SASCOC CEO Mr Tubby Reddy. “This win certainly goes down as a historic moment for South African sport as the guys will be remembered for winning the last World Games rugby sevens gold medal.

“It’s very heartening to see this group of players under the wing of coach Vuyo Zangqa go all the way here in Cali. They have made Team SA proud as well as the entire nation back home.

“It’s also great to see that we have certainly upped our game since the last Games in 2009 where we won three medals.

Lifesaving and sevens rugby also both won medals in 2009 and these Games saw our tug-of-war girls force their way onto the podium and announce themselves as a force to be reckoned with.”

Team SA have now won two medals in the lifesaving code and one in tug-of-war and rugby sevens. In keeping with our medal incentive scheme, Ms Jean Kelly, Chef de Mission of Team South Africa confirmed that SARU will receive R300 000 from SASCOC that will go towards the continued growth of the Rugby 7s team.

The Games come to a conclusion on Sunday.

- See more at: http://www.sascoc.co.za/2013/08/03/sascoc-salute-gold-medal- winning-sevens-side

It was champaign all around for the South African Sevens Rugby team who beat Argentina 33 - 24 in the final on Day 2 in the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium at the in Cali, Colombia on Friday. Picture by WESSEL OOSTHUIZEN / SASPA

It was champaign all around for the South African Sevens Rugby team who beat Argentina 33 - 24 in the final on Day 2 in the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium at the 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia on Friday. Picture by WESSEL OOSTHUIZEN / SASPA

Rugby Says Farewell and is now part of the

Rugby Says Farewell and Is Now Part of the Olympic Games

Rugby says so long to The World Games and from 2016 will be part of the Olympic games, having its first participation in Brazil. Friday witnessed the farewell game of Rugby in the Pascual Guerrero stadium, where South Africa won the gold medals after defeating Argentina 33-24. It was a fast and intense game, playing at full steam, but South Africa’s most lethal weapon, speed, knocked out the Argentineans who played an excellent game. The South American team was able to tie the game during the second half 12-12, but the second half was a whole different story. The African team devastated the last hopes the Argentineans had, finishing undefeated in The World Games. , one of the most important teams in this sport was only able to take the bronze. The last day of competitions showed the following results: South Africa 36, 0; 12, France 14; Argentina 49, Colombia 5; Brazil 7, 26. Uruguay 7, Hong Kong 17; Colombia 12, Brazil 19 South Africa 33, France 12; Argentina 19, Canada 7; Uruguay 29, Colombia 7; Hong Kong 22, Brazil 7. http://www.theworldgames2013.com/en/press.html

AERO SPORT

Meanwhile in the Aero sports competition our lone competitor Chris Teague ended 23rd out of 36 competitors as American Curtis Bartholomew took gold in the canopy competition.

Teague was scheduled to jump at 2.30pm on Saturday but then organisers decided that only the leading nine contenders needed to jump.

Aerosport and were Team SA's final competitors and the team will fly home with four medals – one gold courtesy of the rugby sevens side, two bronze medals in lifesaving and one more in tug-of-war.

ORIENTEERING

August 4th, 2013 | Published in Media Releases

By Mark Etheridge, in Cali, Colombia

Michael Crone made amends for his failure to finish the sprint event of the orienteering action here at the World Games on Saturday when he ended 33rd in the distance event.

The Johannesburg medical student gave a good account of himself at the scenic and rustic Parque Salud on the outskirts of the city.

He clocked 44min 57sec for the course, just under 11 minutes slower than winner, Matthias Kyburze of .

“I’m pretty happy with the way I went,” said Crone. “I slowed a bit towards the end and maybe lost about 20 seconds at control No 31 near the end.

“But there were no major mistakes and I guess I just ran too slowly. In hindsight I should also have drunk a bit more fluid.”

As expected Crone had to watch out for the treacherous bamboo thickets. “It’s not the big bamboo but the little bamboo and we went through a patch with lots of thorns.

“I was actually quite pleased to be wearing glasses at that stage,” he said, sporting numerous little slices on his arms.

“I definitely prefer the city type terrain to the park but maybe this was a good thing as it exposes me to this sort of stuff.”

Meanwhile in the aerosports competition our lone competitor Chris Teague ended 23rd out of 36 competitors as American Curtis Bartholomew took gold in the canopy parachuting competition.

Teague was scheduled to jump at 2.30pm on Saturday but then organisers decided that only the leading nine contenders needed to jump.

Aero sport and Orienteering were Team SA’s final competitors and the team will fly home with four medals – one gold courtesy of the rugby sevens side, two bronze medals in lifesaving and one more in tug-of-war. That beats the two bronze and one silver medal return from the last games in City, Taiwan.

- See more at: http://www.sascoc.co.za/2013/08/04/team-sa-end-world-games- with-four-medals

South Africa's Michael crone in action on Day 2 of the Orienteering event at the 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia on Friday. Picture by WESSEL OOSTHUIZEN / SASPA

RESULTS: Day 9 – 3 August 2013

MEDIA:

Read more on www.sascoc.co.za; For pictures, visit www.sascocimages.co.za. Follow us on twitter: @Team_SA_2013 and like us on Facebook ‘Team South Africa’.

See what the team is up to on UTUBE: http://youtu.be/LQCEKChM9yc; http://youtu.be/dvRVqPvPPP8 (opening ceremony) http://youtu.be/N3axpnTm_sY (Lifesaving bronze medal winners) http://youtu.be/iWMbt581CYE (Bronze Medal for ) http://youtu.be/YCCf-S7PAf4 (SASCOC Rewards Sports Federations) http://youtu.be/FkFE9sXfUM8 (Bianca Shines at World Games) http://youtu.be/GJcFxCVgzkw (BlitzBokke ready for World Games) http://youtu.be/dBO7yF_fohE (SA Sevens Team 's preparation for the World Games in Cali, Colombia.) http://youtu.be/Z7exvrftvuQ (Sevens win Team SA's 4 th Medal)

There will be footage broadcasted at various times on:

 Super Sport Blitz  SABC  ETV

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