Sascoc gave Team SA's representation at the 2024 Paris Olympics a considerable boost when additional names and sporting codes were revealed.
Barry Hendricks, president of Sascoc, announced the list of athletes, stating, “This is a significant step in acknowledging the remarkable achievements of our athletes. This moment also marks a new milestone for our organisation as we continue our commitment to deliver a strong and competitive Team SA for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games”.
Sascoc confirmed the approval of teams presented by the respective federations to be added to the list of codes and athletes announced a month ago.was the men’s 4x100m and 4x400m relay squad, which both qualified at the World Relay Championships recently held in the Bahamas. Significant other names added to Team SA include Johanita Scholtz, a double African Games gold medalist in badminton, Henri Schoeman, a triathlete, and John Smith, a rower.
Smith, who won gold in London 2012, will attend his fourth Olympics, which will equal the tally of most ever by a South African. He joins an exclusive club including Khotso Mokoena, Ryk Neethling, Hendrik Ramaala, Roland Schoeman and Sunette Viljoen.The women’s sevens rugby squad is a preliminary squad with the final team to be announced before the end of June cut-off.There are a number of athletes from different sporting that have achieved qualification, but will be announced in due course:A final squad announcement will be made at a later date, before the final cut off at the end of June 2024.
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