South African long-jumper Jovan van Vuuren crashed out of the Paris Olympics on Sunday morning, revealing that he had received threats against himself and loved ones, as well as messages containing outrageous allegations, the day before.
Van Vuuren, who arrived in France as a medal contender after jumping an 8.30m personal best in March, fought back tears several times as he recounted his nightmare, which began around 5pm Saturday.
‘ is aware of the threats and has offered unconditional support to the athlete. He is also receiving professional counselling from Team SA’s psychologists. ‘A lot of personal attacks and death threats, especially with my past in terms of my friend committing suicide and doping allegations.Van Vuuren said one of the team psychologists had counselled him. ‘I immediately went to her just to recover mentally from this, but last night crept up and it started getting difficult to process.Van Vuuren said he had the name of the person. ‘It did a lot of personal damage to me mentally. I’m going to take legal action.
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