Another eight names were added to Team SA’s squad to attend the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris from 28 August to 8 September. They include representatives from two more sports: para judo and para triathlon.
Team SA’s Paralympians were officially welcomed to Paris by the South African ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa, in the athletes’ village on Tuesday.
The official draw for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Wheelchair Tennis Event was unveiled during a ceremony held on Tuesday at the prestigious Le Club des Loges, Roland Garros.
Para-archer Shaun Anderson, in his own third Paralympics, opened Team SA’s campaign in Paris on Thursday and qualified for the final by delivering the best international performance of his career. The South African came up against the best archers in the world and qualified 9th.
Double medallist from Tokyo, Louzanne Coetzee, stamped herself as a medal prospect after qualifying second fastest for the women’s T11 1500m final at the Stade de France.
Kirsty Weir emphatically proved that it’s not how you start but how you finish when she cut through the field to place eighth in the women’s PTS4 triathlon on Monday.
Donald Ramphadi and Lucas Sithole won the bronze medal in the quad doubles bronze medal match at Roland Garros, giving Team SA their first-ever Paralympic wheelchair tennis medal.
