Tim Spirit | Reality check for SA sports after Tokyo
With the biggest contingent of 185 athletes – the largest sent to an Olympics by South Africa – we only managed to bag three medals.
Photo: Matthias Hangst/Getty ImagesBut here we are today, the final day of what has been a remarkable edition of the Olympics. I personally enjoyed every moment of the Games, even without spectators. I can only imagine how it would have been with fans around. Nevertheless, it was still a spectacle.
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