There are two ways of winning. The one is familiar to us — the boasting presidential candidate, the arrogant billionaire and the athletics giant who repeatedly points to his vest in case you fail to connect name and feat.Many people are taken by the extravagance of these puffed-up performers; perhaps we want to be like them, and so we encourage this kind of self-adulation.I seldom miss the first-year athletics event on campus. All residence students are encouraged to do something — run or jump or throw something. For most of these new undergraduates this is a fun event, nothing more. But others are serious athletes fresh from top high schools.In the 100m race, my eyes almost popped out. Two first-years came flying down the track only to do a dead stop at the finishing line and then walk over together.It took forever, it seemed, before the other competitors arrived. One of those flyers was Wayde van Niekerk. None of us realised, at the time, that this new student would become the wo...
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