2020 paralympic games
SA's Olympic & Paralympic medallists honoured by Toyota for Tokyo performances
On Friday, sponsors Toyota gifted seven athletes with cash at a ceremony in Johannesburg.
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Team SA at 2020 Tokyo Paralympics: By the numbers
With a haul of seven medals, Team South Africa also saw a number of athletes better their personal times and better South African and African records. Three athletes also set new world records in their events.
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Ntando Mahlangu adds another medal to Team SA’s bag
Ntando Mahlangu not only added to Team South Africa's medal tally, but also to his own, having won gold in the men's long jump (T63) in the first week of the games.
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Ntando Mahlangu snatches another gold medal at the Paralympic Games
Although slow out the blocks, Ntando Mahlangu made the final stretch count to win gold in the men's 200m (T61) final on Friday at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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Medal rush in store as Tokyo Paralympics enters home straight
A whopping 55 gold medals were up for grabs on day 10 of the competition, including the men's and women's finals in goalball, one of the few Paralympic sports without an Olympic equivalent.
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Taekwondo makes Paralympic debut as Storey pedals to glory
Afghan athlete Zakia Khudadadi, who escaped Kabul after the Taliban takeover, competed in taekwondo's Paralympic debut in Tokyo on Thursday, as cycling queen Sarah Storey became Britain's most successful Paralympian ever.
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South Africa now has five medals and a world record at 2020 Paralympics
Day 7 at the Tokyo Paralympics is over and Team South Africa picked up another two medals to take their tally to 5.
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SA's Sheryl James wins bronze in the women's 400m T37 final at Tokyo Games
Sheryl James won bronze in the women's 400m T37 final at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo - her medal brings Team SA its fifth medal.
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SA's Du Preez bags cycling time trial gold at Paralympics
Du Preez's gold medal was Team South Africa’s fourth medal overall of the Games and the third gold.
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SA's Ntando Mahlangu eyes gold at Tokyo Paralympics
Now, the matric student is gunning for Paralympic gold to add to his already impressive medal collection that includes gold in the 2019 World Championships and silver in the 2017 edition of the same competition.
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Gold up for grabs as Tokyo Paralympic sport starts
A total of 24 gold medals are being contested on the first day of sports in cycling track, wheelchair fencing and swimming.
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Montjane, Du Toit named as flagbearers for Paralympic Games
Para-athlete Charl du Toit and wheelchair tennis player Kgothatso Montjane are both competing in their third Paralympics, having represented Team SA at both the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games.
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'Biggest ever' disability rights campaign launched before Paralympics
The campaign, called WeThe15, aims to 'be the biggest ever human rights movement', representing the 15% of the world's population estimated by the UN to have a disability.
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Team SA names 34 Para-athletes for Tokyo Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games will start on 24 August and end on 5 September.
