Small SA Paralympic team still packs star power
SA could field its smallest Paralympic team since 1992‚ but they’re brimming with star power like‚ schoolkids Ntando Mahlangu and Simoné Kruger‚ as well as more experienced contenders such as Anrune Weyers and Charl du Toit.
If the wheelchair basketball team fails to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 showpiece‚ which will run after the Olympics from August 25 to September 6‚ the total squad size will number less than the anticipated 51.
Grade 11 pupil Mahlangu‚ the 200m world champion‚ could be one of SA’s best bets for a gold medal in Japan‚ but he played down expectations at a six-months-to-go function at the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) headquarters in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Dressed in his school uniform — he left after three periods in the morning — Mahlangu‚ the silver medallist at Rio 2016‚ said he believed he would be in the mix.
“I believe in myself‚ but don’t want to give everyone high hopes. Anyone in that final can win gold.
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