Determined Mbatha won’t be fenced while she pursues her Olympic dream
Setback from hard lockdown only spurred her on to qualify for the Tokyo games
08 April 2021 - 15:51
It was in a hotel parking lot in the middle of the coronavirus hard lockdown in 2020 that fencer Nomvula Mbatha realised how powerful her Olympic dream is‚ and how she will stop at nothing to achieve it.
At that parking lot‚ as her dreams of representing SA at the Tokyo Olympics took yet another unexpected turn — this time through a global pandemic — Mbatha made a decision she admits left her both nervous and excited...
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