Coetzé's gamble pays off

SOUTH Africa’s young swim sensation Pieter Coetzé’s jitz recent spell in the pool continued with a gold medal in the 100m backstroke final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Tuesday.

- BY ROWAN CALLAGHAN

The new world champion stormed to the win, dipping below 52 seconds for the second time in the past two weeks. It was a victory that the Tuks psychology student felt was coming at some stage, though he admitted he didn’t expect it to happen so soon.