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Aug 18 2008

First medal for South Africa

Posted by: admin in Beijing Olympics 2008, tags: , ,

South Africa has just won it’s first medal. It has been quite a disappointing games for South Africa, especially after the swimming heroics from 2004.

Khotso Mokoena won a silver in the men’s long jump. He was 10cm behind winner Irving Saladinho of Panama, jumping 8.24m to the winner’s 8.34m.

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2 Responses to “First medal for South Africa”
  1. Angry African says: August 18th, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    At bloody last…

  2. Sonja Tyson says: October 5th, 2008 at 10:31 pm

    Congratulations South Africa.

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