Kyle Blignaut certainly has the temperament for the big stage, having won the World Under-20 title in 2018 with a distance of 22.07m. Tokyo2020 Olympics TeamSA By AshfakMohamed IOLSport
His personal best in the senior ranks is 21.21m, but he knows that he will probably have to improve on that to challenge for a medal against the likes of Crouser, New Zealand’s Tomas Walsh and Mesud Pezer of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who were the top three in the qualifying rounds with distances of 22.05m, 21.49m and 21.33m respectively.
“And from there, we can aim to get a new personal best and middle 21s, which on any day, can get you in the top six or top eight. The other South African in the shot put competition, Jason van Rooyen, finished ninth in his group with 20.29m, which saw him placed 19th overall. “I didn’t back down, and I just climbed and climbed, and I am ecstatic about that, if I’m being honest with you. I can hold my head high, and I can be very proud of that.”
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