THE spotlight is now on the South African Paralympics team as the countdown to the opening ceremony of the 2016 Paralympic Games continues.The event will be held in Rio from September 7-18, and the South Africans‚ who departed for Brazil on Tuesday‚ have the tough task of surpassing the haul of 29 medals — eight gold‚ 12 silver and nine bronze — they won at the London Games four years ago.Here are some of the men and women carrying the hopes of SA.READ THIS: Feted Caster ‘does not need protecting’WOMENShireen Sapiro (swimming): Sapiro was involved in a skiing accident in 2004 which left her left leg paralysed.After clinching gold at the 2008 Games in Beijing in the 100m backstroke and then only returning with bronze from London in 2012‚ the 25-year-old Krugersdorp-born swimmer will be eager to reclaim gold in her third participation at the Paralympics.Ilse Carstens (track and field): The visually-impaired Carstens was the fasted female Paralympian in 2015.The 31-year-old won gold i...
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