Caster and Wayde to lead the way in SA’s quest for more medal glory
If success breeds success‚ then SA should again shoot the lights out in 2017 to follow up on the 10 medals won at the Rio Olympics. In Brazil, Team SA picked up four medals in track and field‚ three in swimming and one apiece in rowing‚ triathlon and rugby sevens to secure SA’s best Games haul since 1920. Those sporting codes should keep shining in the next several months‚ at least until the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast‚ Australia‚ in April 2018. And hopefully beyond that. Athletics‚ swimming and rowing will all stage world championships in 2017‚ while triathlon and sevens will each be decided by a season-long series. Track and field Wayde van Niekerk and Caster Semenya will look to spearhead SA to its most successful world championships in London in August. The best performance to date has been the four medals at the 2003 showpiece in Paris‚ where high-jumpers Hestrie Cloete and Jacques Freitag won gold. Okkert Brits took the pole vault silver and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi finished thi...
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