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One nation, one team: Support SA at the 2024 Paris Olympics
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Simbine wins his Olympic medal as SA take 4x100m relay at Paris Games
The South African men have won silver in the 4x100m relay at the Paris Olympics, finishing second behind Canada in ...
Botswana 200m king Letsile Tebogo gets little sleep then stars in relay ...
Botswana sprint star Letsile Tebogo got to bed at 4am on Friday after winning the men’s 200m at the Paris Olympics the ...
Botswana’s Tebogo becomes first African man to win men’s 200m gold
Letsile Tebogo became the first African to win the Olympic 200m title on Thursday when he powered clear of American duo ...
SA’s Ashleigh Buhai shoots 68 to lie second in Olympic golf tournament
Ashleigh Buhai fired herself into early medal contention at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, carding a four-under-par ...
Bride-to-be Julia surfs wedding ideas to stay calm in Olympic competition
Diver Julia Vincent stayed calm during the women’s 3m springboard preliminary diving competition at the Paris Olympics ...
Jo-Ane van Dyk, Brian Raats star in the field qualifying at Paris Olympics
Jo-Ane van Dyk gave the South African athletics squad a much-needed lift as she sent the javelin soaring to a life-time ...
Olympic schedule: South Africans in action on August 7
South Africans in action on day 12 of the Paris Olympics: Wednesday August 7
Benjamin Richardson ruled out of Olympics in blow to 4x100m relay
Benjamin Richardson is out of the Paris Olympics, delivering a major blow to the medal hopes of the men’s 4x100m relay ...
Benjamin Richardson withdraws from 200m, but no word on fitness for relay
Benjamin Richardson has been withdrawn from the 200m repechage round on Tuesday.
Inexperience costs Prudence Sekgodiso in Olympic 800m final
In the end inexperience cost Prudence Sekgodiso on the biggest stage of all as she finished eighth in the women’s 800m ...
What else is happening on day 10 of the Paris Games?
The Olympic Games are past the halfway point, with the swimming, tennis, archery, fencing and road cycling all drawing ...
Prudence Sekgodiso gets spiked but cruises into Olympic 800m final
It was a great turn-around from the world championships in Budapest last year when Prudence Sekgodiso crashed out in ...
Olympics day 9 early wrap: Algeria’s Nemour makes history for Africa with ...
There were more medals won in the early action of Sunday's day 9 at the Paris Olympics
What else happening on day 9 of the Paris Games?
The curtain comes down on “Marchand mania” with the final swimming events at La Defense Arena on Sunday, just as the ...
SA long-jumper hit by death threats, claims before Olympic competition
Long-jumper Jovan van Vuuren crashed out of the Paris Olympics on Sunday morning and then disclosed he had received ...
Brave Adriaan Wildschutt nails SA record; Prudence Sekgodiso advances
Adriaan Wildschutt ran a brave race as he stuck to the front of the men’s 10,000m at the Paris Olympics on Friday ...
Chad le Clos KO’ed early at Paris Olympics, but vows to keep swinging
The 32-year-old carried an injury coming into the gala.
SA hopes for more podiums in Paris
Prudence Sekgodiso and Adriaan Wildschutt are in action in Paris today as the Olympic focus shifts from swimming to ...
A record night of swimming’s greats in the Olympics pool
French poster boy Leon Marchand and US distance dynamo Katie Ledecky made history while the Paris pool saw its first ...
Team South Africa results at the Paris Olympics
Latest South African results from the Paris Olympics.
Gold for Tatjana Smith in Paris pool thriller
Tatjana Smith took the gold medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics women's 100m breastroke in the Paris La Defense Arena pool ...
Mountain-biker Alan Hatherly wins Olympic medal No 2 for South Africa
Mountain-biker Alan Hatherly has won South Africa’s second medal of the Paris Olympics, taking bronze in the ...
Olympic schedule: South Africans in action on August 2
South Africans in action at the Paris Olympics on July 29
POLL | What do you make of the Olympics opening act depicting ‘The Last ...
One of the acts in the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics has sparked a massive global debate over what ...
Blitzboks win Olympic bronze beating Australia 26-19 in Paris
The Blitzboks will have to wait until Saturday evening to try win South Africa’s first medal of the Paris Olympics ...
FIVE FAQS ABOUT THE 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS ANSWERED
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WATCH TEAM SA IN ACTION: UPCOMING OLYMPIC EVENTS
Sunday August 11
Athletics
Women’s marathon
- Gerda Steyn — 2:32:51, 45th
- Cian Oldknow — 2:30:29, 32nd
- Irvette van Zyl — 2:31:14, 37th
Wrestling
Men’s 97kg freestyle repechage 11am
- Steyn de Lange lost to Murazi Mchedlidze (Ukraine) VP01 (3-5)
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Operation Excellence: Bidvest backs SA's next generation of Olympians
[Supporting Team SA] is a milestone in what I call [Bidvest's] country duty. Sport is a unifier, but more so in SA, it's about social cohesion. So we're not just backing sport, we're backing societies and the country as a wholeMpumi Madisa, Bidvest Group CEO
Thanks to a R66m cash injection by Bidvest, the South African Sports Confederation, Olympic and Paralympic Committee (Sascoc) has been able to revive its Operation Excellence (OPEX) programme.
Now named the Bidvest OPEX programme, it aims to:
- Identify the next generation of SA athletes who have the potential to compete at the highest level in international events; and
- Help them reach their full potential by supporting them with benefits such as living expenses, opportunities to attend local and international camps and competitions, and access to scientific and medical services.
SA Olympians who have previously benefitted from the programme include Matthew Brittain, Chad le Clos, Ryk Neethling, Sizwe Ndlovu, Roland Schoeman, Caster Semenya, John Smith, James Thompson, Cameron van der Burgh and Wayde van Niekerk.