A sizeable and noisy crowd, many of them schoolchildren, eagerly greeted some of Team South Africa's returning medal-winning Olympic heroes at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning.
Swimmer Tatjana Smith, who won the 100m breaststroke gold and 200m silver medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics which concluded this weekend, arrived at about 10am.
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A sizeable and noisy crowd, many of them schoolchildren, eagerly greeted some of Team South Africa's returning medal-winning Olympic heroes at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning.
Swimmer Tatjana Smith, who won the 100m breaststroke gold and 200m silver medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics which concluded this weekend, arrived at about 10am.
Two members of South Africa's silver-winning men's 4x100m relay team, Bayanda Walaza and Bradley Nkoana, arrived at about 11am.
The other two members of the team were not returning to South Africa immediately. Shaun Maswanganyi is returning to his base in the US and Akani Simbine has stayed on to compete in events in Europe.
A noisy group of pupils from Walaza's school, Curro Hazeldean, arrived at about 9.15am to boost the volume and crowd size.
Image: Marc Strydom
Image: Marc Strydom
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