10th All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique – September 3-18-Swimming |10 September 2011

Five-time gold medallist at the recent 8th Indian Ocean Island Games her, Shrone Austin has clinched Seychelles’ first swimming medal – a bronze – at the 10th All-Africa Games in the Piscina Olimpica de Zimpeto in Maputo, Mozambique.

Austin stopped the clock at 9 minutes 09.10 seconds (9:08.10) to finish third in the women’s 800m freestyle as Roxanne Tammadge and Rene D’Warnes gave South Africa a one-two finish.

Tammadge pulled away in the latter part of the race to secure the gold medal in 8:54.64, with D’Warnes taking silver in 8:59.23.

Austin’s bronze medal is Seychelles’ second at the Games after the badminton team took the bronze in the team event.

. Text by our journalist in Maputo, Roland Duval
. Photos by Joena Bonnelame in Maputo