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  • Why are ALL SA Olympic swimmers still white?   23 Dec 2009 08:54 GMT
    ... WILL London 2010 be the sixth consecutive Olympic Games at which South Africa will be represented by an all-white swimming ... on blacks is a requirement of all South African sports federations. Creating opportunities and exposing children ...

  • Blind skier moves closer to locking up Canadian Olympic spot 23 Dec 2009 05:57 GMT
    ... Canmore visually-impaired cross-country skier Brian McKeever races to victory ... the gruelling 50-km classic race at the Olympic trials at the Canmore Nordic Centre CALGARY ... have competed in the Paralympics and Olympics: South African swimmer Natalie du Toit (amputee), American runner ...

  • On track to make Olympic history 23 Dec 2009 11:54 GMT
    ... CANMORE, Alta. — Brian McKeever has done what he ... to race that distance at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and Whis­tler, B. C. If ... all of them have been summer-sport athletes: South African swimmer Natalie du Toit (amputee), Ameri­can runner ...

  • Visually impaired skier nears Olympic spot 23 Dec 2009 00:10 GMT
    ... (AP) - CANMORE, Alberta - Visually impaired cross-country skier Brian ... winter athlete to compete in both the Olympics and Paralympics. McKeever won an able-bodied 50-kilometer ... sports-have competed in the Paralympics and Olympics: South African swimmer Natalie du Toit (amputee), American runner ...

  • Visually impaired skier Brian McKeever of Canada is a step closer to gaining an Olympic spot 23 Dec 2009 00:53 GMT
    ... Brian McKeever is a step closer to becoming the ... he needed to be eligible for the Olympic team. But the number of spots on ... have competed in the Paralympics and Olympics: South African swimmer Natalie du Toit (amputee), American runner ...

  • Visually impaired cross-country skier Brian McKeever is a step closer to becoming the first winter athlete to compete in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 23 Dec 2009 01:53 GMT
    ... Last Updated: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 | 4:56 PM ... winter athlete to compete in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 30-year-old from Canmore, ... Olympics, and all have been summer athletes: South African swimmer Natalie du Toit (amputee). Polish table ...

  • Visually impaired cross-country skier Brian McKeever of Canmore, Alta, is a step closer to becoming the first winter athlete to compete in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 23 Dec 2009 05:34 GMT
    ... Last Updated: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 | 10:10 PM ... winter athlete to compete in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 30-year-old from Canmore, ... Olympics, and all have been summer athletes: South African swimmer Natalie du Toit (amputee). Polish table ...

  • Visually impaired skier closer to Olympic berth 23 Dec 2009 10:05 GMT
    ... CANMORE, Alberta (AP) -- Visually impaired cross-country skier Brian ... winter athlete to compete in both the Olympics and Paralympics. McKeever won an able-bodied 50-kilometere ... have competed in the Paralympics and Olympics: South African swimmer Natalie du Toit (amputee), American runner ...

  • Vancouver and the British Columbia government have reached a cash deal to cover extra costs associated with staging the upcoming Olympics. 23 Dec 2009 18:58 GMT
    ... received jail time for their role in the stunt. A Canadian couple living in South Africa were stabbed several times during a hike at a nature reserve. They are recovering ...

  • B.C., Vancouver agree on funding extra Olympic costs 23 Dec 2009 18:58 GMT
    ... received jail time for their role in the stunt. A Canadian couple living in South Africa were stabbed several times during a hike at a nature reserve. They are recovering ...

  • Winning hearts, losing face 23 Dec 2009 11:12 GMT
    ... to size. History will be made when South Africa hosts the Fifa World Cup for the ... win the Tour de France in 2010. South Africans will always cherish the day when the ... to their credit, was the most experienced South African rugby team to be fielded. South Africa ...

  • 2009 Report Card: Part 2 23 Dec 2009 09:44 GMT
    ... Cabinet hearts and minds on this score. South African sport is in the intensive care unit, ... opposition loves him. He has urged black South Africans to become tourists in their own country ... that needs tapping too. Seemingly the only South Africa looking beyond 2010, he is eyeing World ...

  • Sports news briefs: 12//21/09 (12/21/2009) 23 Dec 2009 06:17 GMT
    ... ' American relay teammates at the 2000 Olympics have sustained a setback in their attempt ... year, which was finalized yesterday after the South African Open, the last official tournament of 2009. ... Ramsay shot a 7-under 65 in Paarl, South Africa, to move past overnight leader of Spain, ...

  • Trendspotters' alphabet soup 23 Dec 2009 13:21 GMT
    ... has yet to make a splash in South Africa. Probably because the sistas don’t want to ... Move over Leon Schuster, there’s more to South African film than slapstick. Yesterday, left global sci-fi ... Crocs, which (dis)graced the feet of our Olympic athletes. Whatever happened to “local is lekker”? ...

  • Fraser Cartmell is showing he's prepared to go the distance to pursue his Ironman ambitions 23 Dec 2009 01:14 GMT
    ... “The last two years I've gone to South Africa, I've flown out well before the Christmas ... for those triathletes competing at the (shorter) Olympic distance, the pay is strictly performance-related. I ...


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