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SA’s Olympic Round-Up – Medals, Memories & Best Moments at the London Olympics 2012


LONDON, ENGLAND. 30 July 2012. Olympic swGames swimming breaststroke champion Cameron van der Burgh at at press conference at the Sascoc Media Centre at the Copthorne Hotel in Kensington. Atens gold medallist, Ryk Neethling, was in attendance. Picture by WESSEL OOSTHUIZEN / SA SPORTS PICTURE AGENCY

Congratulations to Team SA — the athletes, coaches and administrators — for a fantastic Olympic performance! With a final tally of six medals, this made London Olympics 2012 the most successful Olympics South Africa has enjoyed since its re-admission to international sport 20 years ago, in Barcelona back in 1992. Amongst the medals and the [...]

Mutola’s girl Caster off to London


Caster Semenya

When Caster Semenya said to a journalist recently she was more worried about football team Kaizer Chiefs taking the Premier Soccer League title than about her own qualifying session, she wasn’t joking. A lot has happened since: Chiefs has shattered the dreams of its supporters by falling to a less-than-prestigious sixth spot on the log and [...]

Semenya Cleared!


South African athlete Caster Semenya has been cleared to return to track racing with immediate effect. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) issued the following statement today: “The process initiated in 2009 in the case of Caster Semenya (RSA) has now been completed. The IAAF accepts the conclusion of a panel of medical experts [...]

Caster cast out of preliminary squad


Caster Semenya has been excluded from a preliminary list of 57 South African squad members due to compete at the African Athletics Championships in Nairobi in July, even though she qualified last year. The 19-year-old  World 800-metres champion hasn’t raced since she won her gold medal at the World Championships in Berlin last year, and [...]

Caster's Keeping Gold


Caster Semenya – the South African athlete who has been dogged by controversy over her gender – is apparently going to be allowed to keep the gold medal that she won in the 800 metre race at the World Championships in Berlin in August. According to South Africa’s sports ministry the International Association of Athletics [...]

Caster’s Keeping Gold


Caster Semenya – the South African athlete who has been dogged by controversy over her gender – is apparently going to be allowed to keep the gold medal that she won in the 800 metre race at the World Championships in Berlin in August. According to South Africa’s sports ministry the International Association of Athletics [...]

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