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As Ekurhuleni Bowls prepares to host the International Bowls for the Disabled championships in Kempton Park, Germiston and Benoni from May 18 to 31, my mind has been occupied by the role disability sport has played in our country.
Our athletes have always fared well, whether in the Paralympics, Commonwealth Games or any other international para-sport competition.Why do these athletes always have to beg for funds to represent our country when we have administrative bodies such as SASCOC, which look after our sport?Using the Paralympics as an example, it became evident at Barcelona 1992 that disability sport will play an imperative role in sport in our country.
In Athens 2004 they won 34, 30 in Beijing in 2008 and 29 in London 2012. They won 17 in Rio 2016 and received seven in Tokyo 2020 after SASCOC sent the smallest delegation to the games since 1992.Why do we still look down on this overwhelming success and allow disability sport to suffer?It’s also disappointing that many sporting achievements, individual milestones and administrative achievements by athletes with disabilities are not well documented or publicly acknowledged.
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