Well, what can I say… It just keeps getting better!!! Yesterday, 18 August, is a day that I will never forget! What a rollercoaster of emotions – excitement, nerves, elation and relief! We are over the moon to have qualified for the women’s K4 500m Olympic final!
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Champ- ‘Natalie Deserves Medal’
Russia‘s Larisa Ilchenko won the gold medal for the Olympic Games women’s 10 kilometres marathon swim here on Wednesday and insisted amputee rival Natalie du Toit deserves a medal just for competing.
Jennifer Paddles to Fine Qualifier
When everyone thought they should have been watching the athletics yesterday, all the action seemed to be happening at the canoeing at Shunyi Park just east of Beijing.
K4 Team Only Hope on Dismal Day
It was another tough day for Team South Africa’s women yesterday as the South African women’s hockey team lost their final pool match and the tri-athletes couldn’t do much better either.
Team SA Hope Grows in Beijing
With the swimming over, all attention will turn to track and field events this week, where South Africa have four women in action tomorrow.
Team SA Struggles On in Beijing
The South African women’s hockey suffered their fourth defeat in a row on Saturday, losing 1-0 to Spain. After targeting this game as one they could win, the austere reality is that the South Africans could very well finish the Olympic Games without winning a match, as they face Korea tomorrow.
King Happy with Form Despite Loss
The South African women’s hockey team succumbed to defeat yet again yesterday when they lost 3-0 to rivals Australia, but the South African were unlucky to concede after playing a tight game, having come out determined to attack the third-ranked Australians and unlike in the past, their defensive game barely suffered.
Monty Welcomes Fiona to 100 Club
Fiona Butler (right), pictured playing for Southern Gauteng in the SPAR Women’s IPT, records her 100th international cap against Australia at the Beijing Olympic Games on Thursday. Picture: Reg Caldecott. Percy Montgomery is not the only South African sportsperson celebrating 100 caps for South Africa this week, as South African Women’s hockey player Fiona Butler [...]
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