Posted on February 22, 2024
Satchel Paige, a USA professional baseball pitcher, famously once said, "Never let your head hang down. Never give up, and sit down and grieve. Find another way." It is unlikely that Pieter Coetzé would know who Paige is or even know of the quote. At the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in...
Posted on February 18, 2024
A medal and African and South African records prove that UP-Tuks swimmers performed well at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Coetzé won bronze in the 200-meter backstroke. The way he swam those last 50 metres is what champions are made from. To come back from eighth to...
Posted on February 16, 2024
Tory Earle's love to challenge herself to the limits led to the Midmar Mile victory. For years to come, statistics will show that Tory Earle won the women's Midmar Mile in 2024. But numbers never tell the whole story. Most will not know Earle competed at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha,...
Posted on February 09, 2024
Amica de Jager may have done enough in the women's 10km open-water swim race at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics in France. She finished 27th, one minute and 12 seconds behind the race winner, Sharon van Rouwendal (Netherlands). De Jager was...
Posted on February 05, 2024
The South African 200-meter backstroke champion Hannah Pearse's only goal at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha is to be faster than last year. She is studying BSc Human Physiology, Genetics, and Psychology at UP-Tuks. If she succeeds, it proves that all the long, hard hours in the...
Posted on February 02, 2024
#TuksSwimming: Pieter Coetzé can medal at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha. Predicting who might medal at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha is risky because, as everyone knows, races are won through guts and determination, not speculation. But there are always...
Posted on January 15, 2024
If ever there was a time for swimmers to make sports history, it is 2024, as, for the first time, it is possible to win a world championship and Olympic medal in the same year. The 2024 World Aquatics Championships are in February in Doha, while the Paris Olympic Games start in July. In the...
Posted on November 01, 2023
Congratulations to Tatjana Schoenmaker of TuksSwimming and Christian de Klerk of TuksArchery who have been named Bestmed Sportswoman of the Year and Bestmed Sportsman of the Year, respectively.
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