{"id":33962,"date":"2026-05-07T15:02:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33962"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:02:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:02:34","slug":"kenyas-mose-wins-bronze-at-africa-swimming-championships","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/kenyas-mose-wins-bronze-at-africa-swimming-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya\u2019s Mose wins bronze at Africa swimming championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya\u2019s Sarah Mose claimed bronze on the opening day of the Africa Aquatics Swimming Championships in Oran, Algeria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Kenyan swimmer set a new national record of 57.49 seconds to finish third in the women\u2019s 100m freestyle final.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gloria Muzito of Uganda took gold in 55.65 seconds, while Zimbabwe\u2019s Paige Van Der Westhuizen secured silver with a time of 56.54 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The result adds to Mose\u2019s growing reputation as one of Kenya\u2019s top swimmers. The 19-year-old, who is based in Poland, last competed at the World Championships in Singapore, where she recorded a personal best of 25.96 seconds in the women\u2019s 50m freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She was also part of Kenya\u2019s 4x100m medley relay team that set a national record at the same event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33964,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-33962","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Kenya\u2019s Sarah Mose claimed bronze on the opening day of the Africa Aquatics Swimming Championships","published_date":"2026-05-07 15:00:58","news_description":"Kenya\u2019s Sarah Mose claimed bronze on the opening day of the Africa Aquatics Swimming Championships","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33963,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33962\/revisions\/33963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}