TEAM SA checks out of the Rio Games village on Monday having delivered one of the country’s most powerful Olympic performances.Comprising stars such as Caster Semenya, Wayde van Niekerk and Chad Le Clos, the class of 2016 equalled the nation’s highest tally of 10 medals, achieved only twice before, at Helsinki 1952 and Antwerp 1920.Two gold, six silver and two bronze — not to mention four fourth places — is a dividend that no living South African can remember.It exceeds the two gold, four silver and four bronze from Finland 64 years ago.Here are the top 10 performances:• Wayde van Niekerk (400m gold): Winning the 400m in a 43.03sec world record was the stand-out achievement of these Games.• Caster Semenya (800m gold): Semenya dominated the Olympics like she has dominated the season. Not an easy task.• Lawrence Brittain and Shaun Keeling (pairs silver): One of SA’s stories of these Games with cancer survivor Brittain and veteran Keeling finishing second.• Luvo Manyonga (long jump sil...
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