Games over for some
27 May 2015 - 02:21
Farewell, boxing; so long, hockey! South Africa's qualifying criteria for the 2016 Olympics - which were confirmed yesterday - are so tough that some sporting codes have almost no chance of getting to the Rio Games.The SA men's hockey team are already out of the running, while the women's side and the top amateur boxers will have to scale the equivalent of Everest simply to book their tickets to Brazil.
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