Portia Vries joins SA’s best in lifting towards the Olympic Games. Portia Vries of Western Province scored a bronze medal on the first day of the African Weightlifting Championships in the Strand, when she totalled 153kg for third place, competing in the 48kg division, also winning bronze with a fine effort of 90kg in the [...]
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Record Lift for Little Master
Miriam Sinclair, captured in this picture in earnest mental preparation for the final step in a deadlift attempt on the big stage, is an accomplished powerlifter with international accolades. South Africa’s Dr. Miriam Sinclair has returned home from the Czech Republic having placed second overall to win the silver medal in the World Masters Powerlifting [...]
Second Win for Powerlifting Champ
Hard work has once again paid off for Powerlifting Gold Medalist Christine Mhlongo of Daveyton, who won her second Mayarol Achievers Award this weekend.
Dynamite In A Small Package
Phumla Magidigidi doesn’t look like she could hurt a fly. At around 1,5m small she is so soft-spoken that it’s a complete surprise to learn that she recently won the title of South African Novice 2006 in bodybuilding.
IOL Lauds Babalwa
It’s so good to encounter positive news about our female sports stars in mainline media, and today’s article on weightlifter Babalwa Ndleleni-Ramahlape, published on Independent Online and originally printed in the Cape Argus, is one of the best instances we’ve encountered recently.
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