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From breaking news to hard-hitting analysis and multimedia content: Bidvest, the official partner of Team SA, brings you everything you need to know about this year's Olympic Games in Paris
LATEST NEWS
Like mother, like son: sprinting runs deep in the blood of Walaza family
Mom of Olympic silver medallist also an athlete in her day
You’re in charge of your destiny, Maswanganyi tells youth as he gets ...
The Olympic medallist was accompanied by his mother Lucette Muila and relatives
Sprint sensation Walaza wants to buy mom a house to say thanks for the ...
Death of teen's father hit him hard, and it took love and support to nurture him back
Tatjana wants to help build pools, but says one athlete can only do so much
Elite athletes who call it quits usually need time to recoup after the intensity of a daily training regimen that for ...
POLL | Do you support McKenzie’s plan to reimburse parents of Games ...
Sport, arts and culture minister Gayton McKenzie’s plan to reimburse the parents of Olympic javelin silver medallist ...
Teen sprint medallists Walaza, Nkoana want to avoid trappings of fame
The lives of Team SA's teenage Olympic 4x100m relay silver medallists Bayanda Walaza and Bradley Nkoana will never be ...
McKenzie says he will scour rural areas for talent, wants 300 athletes at ...
'I will make sure we take no less than 300 athletes to Los Angeles'
Sprint sensation Bradley Nkoana says SA relay team never feared US rivals
The US came into the Paris Games as the team to beat.
Tatjana battles tears as Gayton lavishes her as one of the ‘greatest ...
Sport minister Gayton McKenzie says SA will take 300 athletes to the next Olympic Games in 2028 in the US
McKenzie promises to reimburse parents of Olympic medallist Van Dyk
Sport, arts and culture minister Gayton McKenzie has promised to reimburse the parents of Olympic javelin silver ...
POLL | Are you proud of Team SA’s performance at the Olympics?
South Africa sent more than 100 sportspeople to compete at the 2024 Olympics in France and won six medals.
WATCH | Crowd welcomes Olympic golden girl Tatjana, relay members at ...
The crowd was growing in size and noise levels were increasing at OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday morning in ...
'French Phelps' Marchand lived up to the hype in Paris
There were world records, doping suspicions and more gold for Katie Ledecky but the Paris pool will long be remembered ...
Team SA delivered great moments and history in Paris, but what’s the ...
The results are well short of the country’s best performances.
Tom Cruise stunt caps handing of Olympic flag from Paris to LA
Movie star Tom Cruise rappelled from the roof of France's national stadium and received the Olympic flag, bringing a ...
Jo-Ane van Dyk ‘glad’ she didn’t know she nearly impaled Olympic official
Van Dyk, runner-up at the 2016 under-20 world championships, admitted she had expected her silver throw to be ...
Olympic day in history: Cloete vaults to glory at world champs
Today in Olympic history: August 12
Team US top medals table at end of Paris Olympics
The US topped the medals table at the Paris Olympics with 40 golds after the final title was decided on Sunday, ...
Olympics final day wrap: Lavreysen seals cycling hat-trick, US win ...
There were medals in cycling and women's basketball and volleyball on Sunday's final day of the Paris Olympics
Antonie Nortje learnt to 'stand his ground' after falling in relay heats
Antonie Nortje learnt his lesson after falling in the 4x400m heats because of a collision, pushing over a French runner ...
Irvette van Zyl buries Olympic marathon demons after 12 hard years
Irvette van Zyl finally finished her Olympic marathon odyssey in Paris on Sunday after 12 years, crying in relief after ...
Olympics day 15 late wrap: US win 4x400m and basketball
There were medals in track and field, basketball, gymnastics and artistic swimming on Saturday's penultimate day 15 of ...
Jo-Ane van Dyk won medal without backing from official SA structures
Jo-Ane van Dyk achieved her Olympic silver at Stade de France on Saturday night without any support from official ...
Netherlands' Hassan grinds out thrilling marathon gold in sprint finish
The Netherlands' Sifan Hassan deployed her famous late kick to win the women's marathon at the Paris Olympics on ...
Olympic schedule: South Africans in action on August 11
South Africans in action on day 16 of the Paris Olympics:Sunday August 11
TEAM SA RESULTS, WHO'S IN ACTION TODAY
Olympic schedule: South Africans in action on ...
South Africans in action on day 16 of the Paris Olympics:Sunday August 11
Team South Africa results at the Paris Olympics
Latest South African results from the Paris Olympics.
BLAST FROM THE PAST
Olympic day in history: Cloete vaults to glory at world champs
Today in Olympic history: August 12
Olympic day in history: Wayde van Niekerk retains world 400m title at ...
Today in Olympic history: August 8
Olympics day in history: Elana Meyer wins 10,000m silver medal in Barcelona
Today in Olympic history: August 7
Olympics day in history: Candice Lill bags silver in mountain bike ...
Today in Olympic history: August 6
Olympics day in history: Marius Corbett stuns javelin field at world ...
Today in Olympic history: August 5
Olympics day in history: SA wins gold in the lightweight men’s four at ...
Today in Olympic history: August 2
Olympics day in history: Akani Simbine just misses a medal in the 100m ...
Today in Olympic history: August 1
Olympics day in history: Chad le Clos denies Michael Phelps a hat-trick of ...
Today in Olympic history: July 31
Olympics day in history: Tatjana breaks world record winning 200m ...
Today in Olympic history: July 30
Olympics day in history: Cameron van der Burgh lands SA’s first Olympic ...
Today in Olympic history: July 29
Olympics day in history: 1980 Olympics in Moscow boycotted over Soviet ...
Today in Olympic history: July 19
Olympics day in history: Chad Ho clinches world championship gold in Kazan
Today in Olympic history: July 25
Olympic Blasts!: Simbine, Van Niekerk sparkle at Diamond League meet in ...
Today in Olympic history: July 16
Olympic Blasts!: Penny Heyns wins two gold medals in Atlanta
Today in Olympic history: July 23
Olympic Blasts!: Chad le Clos makes 200m butterfly podium at his fourth ...
Today in Olympic history: July 24
Olympic blasts!: Anaso Jobodwana lands the World Student Games sprint ...
Today in Olympic history: July 10
Olympic blasts!: Akani Simbine’s run of 18 victories in a row comes to an ...
Today in Olympic history: July 9
Olympic Blasts: Reggie Walker claims SA’s first medal in London in 1908
Today in Olympic history: July 22
Olympic blasts! Tatjana Schoenmaker claims the breaststroke double at the ...
Today in Olympic history: July 8
Olympic Blasts!: Kevin Anderson loses to Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon final
Today in Olympic history: July 15
Olympic Blasts!: Ken McArthur and Christian Gitsham give SA their second ...
Today in Olympic history: July 14
Olympic blasts! : Red faces as Durban track found to be four feet short
Today in Olympic history: July 12
Olympic Blasts!: Chad le Clos reclaims 200m butterfly world championship ...
Today in Olympic history: July 26
Olympic Blasts!: Penny Heyns completes a world record frenzy
Today in Olympic history: July 18
Olympic Blasts!: Boycott protesting New Zealand’s rugby tour of SA looms ...
Today in Olympic history: July 17
Olympic blasts!: Jacques Freitag wins the high jump at Golden League meet ...
Today in Olympic history: July 11
FUN FACTS
— World Athletics will reward Olympic gold medallists in Paris with $50,000 (about R950,000) each.
— The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) is offering bonuses of R400,000 to gold medallists, which would push the pot to R1.35m.
— Silver is worth only the R200,000 being offered by Sascoc, less than the R297,000 for third place at the Comrades.
— Olympic bronze is worth R75,000, lower than the R115,000 for the fifth-placed finishers today.
— The most Olympic medals won by a South African - Chad Le Clos, who has a gold and three silvers. He won the 200m butterfly gold and 100m fly silver at London 2012, and four years later took silver in both the 200m freestyle and 100m butterfly. Tatjana Smith will join him if she makes the podium in both the 100m and 200m breaststroke races.
— The most Olympic gold medals won by a South African, achieved by swimmer Penny Heyns (1996) and tennis player Charles Winslow (1912). Tatjana Smith could join or surpass them in Paris.
Image: Olympics website/Press handout
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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.