{"id":49948,"date":"2026-11-04T12:15:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T10:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=49948"},"modified":"2026-11-04T12:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T10:15:25","slug":"sa-shines-at-youth-olympic-games-in-senegal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-shines-at-youth-olympic-games-in-senegal\/","title":{"rendered":"SA shines at Youth Olympic Games in Senegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>South Africa (SA) continues to make waves on the international stage at the Youth Olympic Games in Senegal, as the country&#8217;s young athletes proudly fly the national flag high.<\/div>\n<div>\nAdding to the country&#8217;s growing medal tally, team SA secured two more medals on day three, claiming gold in rowing and silver in swimming.<\/div>\n<div>\nThe outstanding achievements highlight the talent, dedication and determination of SA&#8217;s young sporting stars, proving that the country is a force to be reckoned with on the world stage.<\/p>\n<p>A young Hilton College rower, son of seven-time\u00a0Dusi\u00a0Canoe Marathon champion Martin\u00a0Dreyer, has made history just 15 months into his rowing journey.<\/p>\n<p>Callum\u00a0Dreyer\u00a0clinched team SA&#8217;s first gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games after an outstanding performance in the final of the men&#8217;s solo beach sprint race.<\/p>\n<p>Dreyer\u00a0turned an event that was completely unknown to him, to Youth Olympic gold as he won three races, the quarterfinals, semi-finals and the final, in quick succession.<\/p>\n<p>He cruised to the first gold medal for team SA after defeating Spaniard Diego Molina Martinez in the final. Dreyer\u00a0says it&#8217;s hard work that paid off.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\nSA&#8217;s success in the pool continued as Chanel Veldsman claimed her second medal at the Youth Olympic Games, securing silver in the 100 meters breaststroke, just a day after winning bronze in the 200 meters breaststroke.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23811,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-49948","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"SA continues to make waves at the Youth Olympic Games ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49948","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49952,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49948\/revisions\/49952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=49948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}