Canoeist Hamish Lovemore bags 2nd silver medal at World Games
The World Games is a multi-code event for several sports and disciplines that are not in the Olympic Games programme, with the event taking place every four years.
Hamish Lovemore competing at the World Games Long Course in Chengdu on Sunday, 10 August 2025. Picture: Team South Africa/ Facebook.
JOHANNESBURG - Hamish Lovemore bagged another silver medal for South Africa at the World Games in Chengdu, China, on Sunday.
He claimed second place in the World Games long course, adding a second medal to his silver from Saturday.
At the 2022 Games in Birmingham, USA, Team SA returned with one medal – a gold by canoeist Andy Birkett – with a similar-sized squad, 21 athletes over 10 sports.
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This year’s edition of The World Games is being held from 7 to 17 August, with 110 countries competing at the Games in Chengdu, totalling around 5,000 athletes.
Team South Africa is represented by a squad of 20 athletes across eight sports.
These are the 12th World Games, a multi-code event for several sports and disciplines that are not in the Olympic Games programme, with the event taking place every four years.
This is South Africa's ninth successive participation at the Games, having accumulated 20 medals from its previous eight appearances, with the most at the 1997 World Games in Lahti, Finland.