Competing at the Olympics is the pinnacle for most athletes. For SA teenager CaitRooskrantz July 2, 2020 in the Japanese capital of Tokyo would have been no different. Watch TheOlympian perform her Tokyo2020 routine. By: Mike Jansen | IOLsport
CAPE TOWN – For most athletes, competing at the Olympic Games is the pinnacle of their careers. For South African teenager Caitlin Rooskrantz, July 2, 2020 in the Japanese capital of Tokyo would have been no different.
What made the achievement even more special, is that Rooskrantz achieved the qualification amid tough competition at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany and not via arguably an easier, continental route. When you add becoming the first South African to qualify for the Olympics at a Gymnastics World Championships to the young South African’s impressive CV, the feat becomes even more impressive.
In the meantime, Rooskrantz matriculated and was planning to take a gap-year in order to fully prepare for the Games. Then, in March 2020, four months before the start of the Olympic Games, the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic hit South Africa hard when a nationwide lockdown was announced by President Ramaphosa.
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