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Proteas captain Bongi Msomi during a training session ahead of the World Cup in Cape Town. Picture: Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images
to their first World Cup medal in 28 years in front of their home crowd, her fourth appearance at the quadrennial spectacle also gives 35-year-old Msomi a chance to take a moment and look back on her spectacular career.One of eight children, Msomi had no ambitions to become a netball player in her youth, and she was first introduced to the game by chance.
After earning a sports management diploma at the Durban University of Technology, Msomi made her Proteas debut in 2011 and took over the captaincy of the national team in 2016.“Most people don’t start playing as late as I did, so when I started I was very conscious of what I could do and what I couldn’t do, and I was very aware when I was struggling,” she said.
“I’ve achieved so much that I never thought I would through the sport, and there’s nothing more I can ask than what it has already given me. It’s been really amazing and the people around me have been so supportive.”All the experience she has gained could now be invaluable as she attempts to absorb the pressure of competing on home soil at the highest level of the international game, and the SA team couldn’t be in better hands on court as they target next week’s World Cup playoffs.
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