Mhlongo reflects on his Paris 2024 experience
Mpumelelo Mhlongo has been a busy man after securing two medals for Team SA at the 2024 Paralympics. Although things have settled on the...
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Michael Oakley
Oct 18
Zebra Tribe stars lace up for Cape Town Marathon
The “Zebra Tribe” will be back for a fourth consecutive Sanlam Cape Town Marathon this weekend to gallop to advance the development and...
Team SA
Oct 8
Hatherly crowned MTB series champion
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IOC Media
Sep 23
United Nations Pact for the Future highlights role of sport for SDGs
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Sep 16
Seven candidates announced for IOC presidency
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Team SA
Sep 9
Coetzee soaks up emotional Paris experience
When we’ve watched Louzanne Coetzee we’ve all had the opportunity to do a little jig of joy, or shout of “y-e-s-s-s”, whether it be at...
Team SA
Sep 9
The making of a Paralympic gold medallist
More than an hour after having the Paralympic discus gold medal placed around her neck, Simone Kruger was still doing interviews and...
Team SA
Sep 8
A world record secures Mhlongo a bronze
Mpumelelo Mhlongo calls himself “blessed” but rarely has someone deserved things to go his way as they did for the 30-year-old at the...
Team SA
Sep 7
Kruger lights up Paralympics with discus gold
Simone Kruger is only 19 but she arrived in the French capital as the world champion and the world record holder in the F38 discus. All...
Team SA
Sep 7
How Team SA fared on Friday
There was a changing of the guard in the T62 400m when Paul Daniels recorded a personal best and Daniel du Plessis announced his...
Team SA
Sep 6
How Team SA fared on Thursday
The sunshine disappeared in Paris and rain clouds descended over the French capital but nothing could dampen Team SA’s spirits on...
Team SA
Sep 5
How Team SA fared on Wednesday
Such are the vagaries of the Paralympic classification system that Mpumelelo Mhlongo broke the world record in the T44 long jump at the...
Team SA
Sep 4
Team SA in action on Wednesday
Gold medallist Mpumelelo Mhlongo is back in action on a busy day for Team SA at the 2024 Paralympics. He competes in the men’s T64 long...
Team SA
Sep 4
How Team SA fared on Tuesday
There were two African records in the pool but no medals for Team SA on Tuesday at the 2024 Paralympics. They remain on two medals...
Team SA
Sep 3
Mabote fifth but Los Angeles 2028 still beckons
Puseletso Mabote cut a distraught figure as he attempted to digest his run in the final of the men’s T63 100m at the 2024 Paralympics...
Team SA
Sep 3
Weir gives it everything in Paralympic debut
Kirsty Weir emphatically proved that it’s not how you start but how you finish when she cut through the field to place eighth in the...
Team SA
Sep 3
Coetzee's PB secures her Paralympic bronze
Louzanne Coetzee doubled Team SA’s medal tally at the 2024 Paralympics when she won the bronze medal in the 1 500m at the Stade de France...
Team SA
Sep 2
‘I’ve opened the floodgates!’ says joyous Mhlongo
Mpumelelo Mhlongo heard Nkosi sikelel’iAfrika played loudly in front of a packed 80 000 Stade de France stadium on Sunday night and...
Team SA
Sep 2
Mhlongo shows why he’s our new golden boy
South Africa has a new sporting hero. Step forward Mpumelelo Mhlongo, who delivered the country’s first medal at the 2024 Paralympic...
Team SA
Sep 2
Anderson bows out with head held high
Shaun Anderson bowed out of the 2024 Paralympics with moist eyes, a chest filled with pride and the admiration of thousands of spectators...
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