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Alicia Khunou Strikes Gold Again at CWYG

Team South Africa’s Alicia Khunou is in top form at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago, earning her second gold medal at the competition.
#gsportGlobal #GoGirls

Five Women to Watch in 2022

As the year winds down and we look ahead to 2022, gsport has chosen five women in Lydia Monyepao (pictured), Miné de Klerk, Mpumi Manyisi, Nonkululeko Mlaba and Simoné Kruger who all have what it takes to rise to a winning 2022 #GoGirls!

As the year winds down and we look ahead to 2022, gsport has chosen five women in Lydia Monyepao, Miné de Klerk, Mpumi Manyisi, Nonkululeko Mlaba and Simoné Kruger who all have what it takes to rise to a winning 2022 #GoGirls!

Rise of The Girl Child

#gsport16 Emerging Athlete of the Year finalist, Ainsli de Beer, called for a mindset change, saying it is not always about money. Photo: Ainsli de Beer (Facebook)

Young South African athletes used #InternationalDayOfGirlChild to call for a mindset change, more media coverage and increased corporate investment in order to close the gap between men’s and women’s sport. #DayOfTheGirl #TBT

Elanza Jordaan Wins Boccia Gold at Toyota SASAPD Champs

Western Province athlete Elanza Jordaan pictured with her gold medal after her podium topping finish at the BC3 Boccia event, at the 2021 Toyota SASAPD National Championships which concluded in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. Photo: Elanza Jordaan (FB)

Elanza Jordaan wins Boccia gold and Arina Nicolaisen sets new 1500m (T38) African record as women para athletes end the Toyota SASAPD National Champs in Gqeberha with one world record, five African records and a host of national marks.

World Record for Maria Combrink

Para-athlete Maria Combrink, a single leg amputee, secured a new World Record in the women’s F64 shot-put event with a massive 11.15 metre heave on the closing day of the Toyota SASAPD National Championship in Gqeberha. Unfortunately due to a curtailed programme at this years’ Paralympics, Combrink’s class does not have a medal event at the Paralympic Games, and she can’t qualify for a rare South African entry to the world stage. Photo: SASAPD

Champion para-athlete, Maria Combrink, has smashed the previous best in the women’s F64 shot-put event to set a new World Record at the Toyota SASAPD National Champs in Gqeberha

World Record for Simone Kruger at ASA Champs

New women’s world record holder in discus (F38), Simone Kruger, threw a distance of 34.53m on Day 3 of the Sizwe Medical Fund ASA Senior Track and Field Championships in Tshwane on Saturday, 17 April, 2021. Photo: Andries Kruger / ASA

World record for teenage para-athlete, Simone Kruger, who threw a distance of 34.53m to win in discus (F38) on Day 3 of the Sizwe Medical Fund ASA Senior Track and Field Championships in Tshwane on Saturday

Yané van der Merwe Focusses on Paralympic Participation

Tokyo Paralympic Games hopeful Yané van der Merwe has shifted her attention from Javelin and Shotput to focus on Discus, as it is the only discipline open to her at the Games. Photo: Supplied

Talented student athlete, Yané van der Merwe, shifts focus from javelin to shotput as she eyes an opportunity to represent SA at the Tokyo Paralympics. She chats about her passion for sport and drawing inspiration from wheelchair tennis champion, Kgothatso Montjane.

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