An unlikely sport may give Team SA a golden start on day one of the World Athletics Championships.
Blignaut is hoping history could repeat itself for him to lead South Africa into celebrations on the opening day at a major event.
During Team SA’s send-off event in Kempton Park, Johannesburg early this week Bliganut told City Press: Bliganut believes he gained valuable experience from the Olympics and the previous senior World Athletics Championships in Oregon, US last year. “But I still understand that I am 23 and still young in the sport of shot put, I’ll probably be the youngest at the [Budapest] finals.
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