We will always fondly remember TRSchoenmaker’s double medals and world record as well as BiancaBuitendag’s silver. The duo’s showing provided a literal silver lining on an otherwise pathetic campaign. TeamSA Olympics Tokyo2020 By Tshiliboy IOLSport
’You have lifted the country’, President Cyril Ramaphosa tells Tatjana Schoenmaker after Olympic triumph
“Sascoc cannot place unrealistic expectations on the athletes when we know full well that we can’t compete with the likes of Great Britain, who receive £350 million over a fouryear cycle in preparation for the Olympics and we receive R28m,” Hendricks was quoted as saying. Also, good leadership would have seen Sascoc use that R28m to ensure that our medal hopefuls are afforded the best possible preparations so they can shine.With the Covid-19 restrictions, athletes found it hard to prepare properly for the conditions they faced in Tokyo – and the fact SA were in our winter just before the Games didn’t help.
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