Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games on Showmax

By Sameer Naik8 August 2024

Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games on Showmax

Catch Olympics fever with our daily event schedule, exciting recaps, and all the latest news from Paris.

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Olympic Games come to a close

Team South Africa’s 138-strong contingent managed to scoop six medals at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Mzansi celebrated one gold, three silvers and two bronze medals after two weeks of events in the French capital.
The haul saw South Africa finish tied 44th on the medals table with Jamaica and Thailand.
At the Tokyo Games in 2020, Team SA came home with three medals.

PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 27: Shaun Williams of Team South Africa celebrates with a national flag at full-time following victory in the Men’s Rugby Sevens Bronze Medal match between Team South Africa and Australia on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on July 27, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

The global showpiece started brightly for the Men’s Rugby Sevens team. Having been the last team to qualify for the Olympics, hopes were tempered. But the Blitsboks upset favourites New Zealand in the quarterfinals and then Australia in the Bronze medal playoff to claim South Africa’s first medal.

PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 25: Zain Davids #4, Rosko Specman #10 and Ronald Brown #3 of South Africa celebrate following victory during the Men’s Rugby Sevens Quarter-Final match between New Zealand and South Africa at Stade de France on July 25, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Team SA then picked up another bronze in the Men’s Cross-Country Mountain biking. Riding in his third Olympic Games, Alan Hatherly of Durban finished just 11 seconds off a gold medal in the 35km race.

ELANCOURT, FRANCE – JULY 29: Bronze medalist Alan Hatherly of Team South Africa poses on the podium with his flag during the Men’s Cross-Country on day three of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Elancourt Hill on July 29, 2024 in Elancourt, France. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

South Africa then turned its attention to the pool, where defending Olympic champion in the women’s 200m breaststroke, Tajana Smith, was ready to make a splash.

NANTERRE, FRANCE – JULY 29: Gold Medalist Tatjana Smith of Team South Africa poses following the Swimming medal ceremony after the Women’s 100m Breaststroke Final on day three of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 29, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Smith won gold in the 100m breaststroke and while she was the favourite in the 200m, she was edged by American Kate Douglass, settling for the silver medal. Smith retired from swimming after the event, content with her four Olympic medals over two Games.

NANTERRE, FRANCE – AUGUST 01: Silver Medalist Tatjana Smith of Team South Africa poses following the Swimming medal ceremony after the Women’s 200m Breaststroke Final on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on August 01, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

The Athletics got underway in the second week in Paris, with many hopes resting on sprinter Akani Simbine. He would have to be patient, but Simbine finally earned an Olympic medal with his teammates in the chaotic Men’s 4x100m Relay Final.

PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 09: Shaun Maswanganyi, Akani Simbine and Bradley Nkoana of Team South Africa celebrate their silver medal finish in the Men’s 4 x 100m Relay Final on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 09, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Patrick Khachfe/Getty Images)

Teenagers Bayanda Walaza and Bradley Nkoana teamed up with Shaun Maswangani for the opening legs, then an incredible run from Simbine in the anchor leg earned them a silver medal behind Canada.

PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 09: Silver medalists of Team South Africa celebrate on the podium after Men’s 4 x 100m Relay Final of the Athletics on Stade de France during the Paris 2024 Olympics Games on August 9, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo By Alvaro Diaz/Europa Press via Getty Images)

Finally, javelin thrower Jo-Ane van Dyk would impress in the women’s Javelin Final on Saturday. There were signs of form with a career-best throw of 64.22m in the qualifiers and the 26-year-old carried that into the final.

PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 10: Silver medalist Jo-Ane van Dyk of Team South Africa celebrates following the Women’s Javelin Throw Finalthe on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Managing 63.93m when it mattered, van Dyk sealed a silver medal behind Haruka Kitaguchi who threw 65.80m.

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