Don’t hold your breath for Olympics in Tokyo
Success at the Olympics, of the kind Team SA achieved in London and Rio, requires star athletes — and money. The latter is drying up, writes David Isaacson
02 August 2020 - 00:00
A few months before the London 2012 Olympics, Cameron van der Burgh sat in a Pretoria restaurant and explained exactly how he intended to break the world record and win the 100m breaststroke gold medal. He executed the plan to perfection...
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