EDITORIAL: Nurturing rare talent
SA’s talented athletes deserve to be looked after better than they are at present
12 June 2024 - 05:00
Sports writers have struggled to come up with new superlatives to describe 2024 women’s Comrades Marathon winner Gerda Steyn’s performance at the weekend.
Taking almost 10 minutes off her own up-run record of 2019 was impressive enough, but coming on top of new course records at both Om Die Dam in the North West and Cape Town’s Two Oceans Marathon earlier in 2024, the achievement deserves every bit of praise it has received...
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