Triathlon star Henri Schoeman is working on boosting his turbo in the running leg‚ says his coach, who also happens to be his dad‚ Joe. Schoeman stunned the world when he won Olympic bronze at the 2016 Rio Games. He will compete against countryman Richard Murray in the Discovery World Cup in Cape Town on Sunday. A superb swimmer and solid cyclist‚ Schoeman’s Achilles heel has been the running‚ but mainly because of stress fractures he endured years ago as a swimmer getting used to the rigours of the road. His running is still a work in progress. "You haven’t seen how fast he can run‚" says Joe. Durban-based Joe and wife, Michelle, have produced two Commonwealth Games medallists and two Olympians. Henri’s older brother‚ Riaan‚ competed at two Olympics as a swimmer and he won a 400m individual medley bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Henri topped that with a silver in the mixed relay at the 2014 Games in Glasgow. Joe was a cross-country athlete who also cycled in d...
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