Golden girl Scholtz adds more weight to her luggage By GARY LEMKE in Accra The day after arriving in a hot and humid Ghana, Johanita Scholtz had been labouring with a bag carrying nearly four litres of water. “We easily go through three litres, at least,” in this heat, she explained. When pressed on her expectations in defending the women’s singles badminton title from Morocco 2019, she replied, “I’m hoping to win gold.” True to her word she did exactly that, coming from behind in the final set of a thriller against Uganda’s Husina Kobugani. And for good measure, when she packs her bags...

Golden girl Scholtz adds more weight to her luggage By GARY LEMKE in Accra The day after arriving in a hot and humid Ghana, Johanita Scholtz had been labouring with a bag carrying nearly four litres of water. “We easily go through three litres, at least,” in this heat, she explained. When pressed on her expectations in defending the women’s singles badminton title from Morocco 2019, she replied, “I’m hoping to win gold.” True to her word she did exactly that, coming from behind in the final set of a thriller against Uganda’s Husina Kobugani. And for good measure, when she packs her bags...