Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa has described the overall performance of Team SA at the Olympic Games in Tokyo as having been below expectations.
The SA Sport and Confederation and Olympic Committee sent a squad of 185 athletes‚ the largest contingent the country has ever sent to an Olympics‚ to participate in 17 of the 33 sporting codes in Japan.
“I can say it here that I think SA performed much below what was expected of us as a country,” Mthethwa said. “To the performance of Team SA, I said that I don’t want to delve deeper into the matter of their performance at the Olympics until the athletes and Sascoc officials are also is back in the country,” he said.
“We will delve deeper into this matter when the Olympics are over, and look into what it is that needs to be done to ensure that we change the status quo.”“Schools sport is really important for government and I have already met with my counterpart at Basic Education, Angie Motshekga.
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