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Youth Olympic Games: Callum Dreyer wins Team SA’s first gold

# Youth Olympic Games: Team South Africa added two more medals to their haul at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, with the first gold medal coming courtesy of rower Callum Dreyer and a silver medal thanks to Chanel Veldsman. Sixteen-year-old Dreyer sealed the gold by defeating Spain’s Diego Molina Martinez in the final, with Hungary’s Adam Moor claiming the bronze medal. Swimmer Veldsman won a silver medal in the women’s 100 metres breaststroke. South Africa’s total medal tally now stands at four: one gold, two silver and one bronze.