Posted on June 26, 2024
Twelve years ago, when John Smith, a member of the "Oarsome Foursome," won a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Chris Baxter hardly noticed the historic achievement in South African sports. Rowing was not his thing when at primary school, but as it is said, things do change. For...
Posted on June 25, 2024
When Wian Roux lines up on 29 July at the Paris 2024 Olympics in France to shoot his first arrow at the bullseye, the numbers three, eight, and 12 will hold special significance. It will be the first time in 12 years that a South African archer competes at the Olympic Games. The Tuks archer is...
Posted on June 24, 2024
"Quest successful" was the WhatsApp message Edmund du Plessis sent out when he qualified in the 800 metres to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France. The UP-Tuks MBChB student finished third, running a time of 1:44.49 in Madrid. The Olympic qualifying standard is 1:44.70. Belgium's...
Posted on June 21, 2024
As a netball player, Erin Burger can genuinely claim to have been there and done that and got the t-shirt to prove it. She is the first to reach a milestone mark of 100 caps for the SPAR Proteas while having called it a day on her international career with 125 games for the national team. The...
Posted on June 19, 2024
A trailblazer in sports is defined as someone who does a particular thing before anyone else does. Lynette Whelpton, a Master's student in Advanced Data Analytics, is a trailblazer. Why, may you ask? Not many Tuks athletes can boast of being one of the first ever to medal in a new sport but...
Posted on June 17, 2024
When Charné Swart lines up to race the 800 metres, the one sure thing is that she could be faster than the last time she ran. This past weekend, during a league meeting at Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria West, the Tuks medical student won the 800 metres in a time of 2:00.34. It is the fourth...
Posted on June 12, 2024
"Let me have the ball, and I will give you speed" is the promise Anele Mgwazela made to her teammates before the kick-off of the 2024 FISU World University Championships Rugby Sevens in France. The Tuks student-athlete kept her word. She was involved in scoring tries against their group opponents...
Posted on June 11, 2024
Hockey is the one thing that is guaranteed to get the Lourens siblings, Luke and Elne's adrenaline pumping. For them, something is to be said about being on the ball with a stick in hand, trying to outsmart opponents. There would be no better time to do so than next month during the USSA...
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