by Tammi | Jul 16, 2024 | Latest Writing, On Tour Paris Olympics 24
You’ve probably heard the expression of getting back on your bike after a fall. It’s a way of saying that when life comes at you and knocks you down, stand up, dust yourself off and carry on again. Vincent Leygonie lives that every day. Literally, as they say. The...
by Tammi | May 25, 2024 | Latest Writing
They call him ‘Heavy’, which in all fairness isn’t the most complimentary nickname to have if you’re a professional jockey. However, Heavelon van der Hoven makes light of the reference. “Even the commentators call me ‘Heavy’, but that’s because it’s easier than...
by Tammi | Mar 23, 2024 | Latest Writing, On Tour ACCRA 24
Are champions born or made? It’s an age-old debate and the answer is probably that it’s a combination of both. Early in the evening of Monday, 11th March, at the Borteyman Sports Complex Aquatics Center in Accra, we learnt that both apply to Catherine van Rensburg....
by Tammi | Mar 23, 2024 | Latest Writing, On Tour ACCRA 24
Meet Victor Hogan, a 140kg, 1.99m man mountain by day, a gentle giant by night. He was Team South Africa’s first athletics gold medallist in Accra, Ghana, and continued the country’s impressive line of performances in the discus event at the African Games. Hogan is...
by Tammi | Mar 23, 2024 | Latest Writing, On Tour ACCRA 24
Wrestling saved Michael Mhlanga’s life. That’s no exaggeration, it really did. Last year, in fact, at 6 o’clock one morning in Boksburg. This is the 18-year-old’s story, so let him tell it like it is. If it sounds dramatic it’s because it is. It follows on from what...
by Tammi | Mar 15, 2024 | Latest Writing, On Tour ACCRA 24
When she speaks it’s with a soft voice. I’m sitting about a metre away from her but initially have to lean in a bit to hear what she is saying. Perhaps it’s because Dr Koketjo Tsebe is a sports psychologist and presumably most of her work with clients is that they do...
