TeamSA | Official Magazine of Sascoc

Coetzee continues his climb as he makes A-Final

South African sprint canoeist Chrisjan Coetzee produced a strong performance for Team South Africa when he finished eighth in the men’s K1 500m A-Final at the ICF Canoe Sprint World… Read more →
SA surge to Sevens title in Vancouver

South Africa’s love affair with Vancouver continued as they followed up their 2019 tournament win there with another title.
Sates adds to his haul with three more golds

Local swimmer Matt Sates added three more golds to his considerable haul on the penultimate day of the SA Short Course Championships.
Sates adds to his tally at Short Course champs

Two of the youngest swimmers on South Africa’s Olympic team to Tokyo, Pieter Coetzé and Matt Sates, continued to fire up the competition on day three of the SA Short… Read more →
Major milestone for rising Van Niekerk

Lara van Niekerk emerged as the star on day two of the SA Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg. The 18-year-old broke Olympic champion Tatjana Schoenmaker’s South African record in the… Read more →
Coetzee surges to bronze in women’s marathon

By GARY LEMKE in Tokyo Louzanne Coetzee applied the finishing touches to Team SA’s campaign at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics when she surged to the bronze medal in the women’s… Read more →
Coetzee to carry SA flag at closing ceremony

Louzanne Coetzee will help draw the curtain on Team SA’s highly successful participation at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics when she carries the flag for the squad at the closing ceremony… Read more →
Weyers signs off with fourth in 200m final

By GARY LEMKE in Tokyo Anrune Weyers closed off a glittering Paralympic Games career when she finished fourth in the women’s 200m (T47) final at a wet Tokyo Olympic Stadium… Read more →
Changing of the guard as Mahlangu wins gold

By GARY LEMKE in Tokyo From one Paralympic legend to another in the making. Great Britain’s Richard Whitehead proved to be as classy in defeat as he has been in… Read more →
Man behind the blades uplifting our youth

By GARY LEMKE in Tokyo More than ever, in this age of Covid-19 and the wearing of face masks, the eyes have become the window to the soul. And standing… Read more →
Thursday quiet before the Mahlangu storm

Thursday was the quietest it has been so far for Team SA in terms of competitors at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, with two athletes in action. The weather, cold and… Read more →
Thanks for support, SA, I gave it my best shot – Du Toit

By GARY LEMKE in Tokyo Charl du Toit, the gold medallist from Rio 2016, was unable to repeat those heroics five years later as he finished fifth in the final… Read more →
Born racer Van Dyk not ready to bid farewell just yet

By GARY LEMKE in Tokyo If, and that’s still a big if, this was 48-year-old Ernst van Dyk’s final race of his Paralympic career, perhaps it is fitting that it… Read more →
Team SA: How they fared (Day 8)

Team SA was involved in six finals across two codes at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Wednesday. This is how they fared.
James makes it medal No 5 for Team SA

Sheryl James ensured Team SA’s medals tally kept ticking over when she powered her way to a bronze at a wet Olympic Stadium on Tuesday night, to add final gloss… Read more →
Du Preez basks in glory of fulfilling golden dream

By GARY LEMKE in Tokyo Pieter du Preez has overcome so much in his life that he wasn’t going to be thrown off track for Tokyo Paralympic gold by another… Read more →
Plan comes together as Coetzee wins SILVER

By GARY LEMKE in Tokyo Louzanne Coetzee produced the performance of her career to win a 1500m Paralympic silver medal, in a race where she left everything out there on… Read more →
Team SA: How they fared on Monday (Day 6)

Louzanne Coetzee won Team SA’s third medal of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics when she took the silver in the women’s 1500m final (T11). With her guide Estean Badenhorst, the 28-year-old… Read more →
Kat Swanepoel: Always rising above the challenge

By GARY LEMKE in Tokyo When Kat Swanepoel speaks about life-changing events she refers to them as “bumps in the road” or “bad luck”. She chronicles the effects of degenerative… Read more →
Team SA: How they fared on Sunday

Louzanne Coetzee, with her guide Erasmus Badenhorst, progressed to Monday’s final of the women’s 1500m (T11) at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Sunday.
Mahlangu announces himself as a future great

By GARY LEMKE in Tokyo Only the greats win gold medals the way that Ntando Mahlungu did at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday night. Most people will argue that the… Read more →
Golden girl Weyers reflects on crowning glory

By GARY LEMKE in Tokyo When Anrune Weyers one day looks back on her glittering career, she will undoubtedly place her gold medal-winning performance at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics as… Read more →
Difference in Paralympic athletics classes explained

Team SA’s Ntando Mahlangu broke the world record in the men’s T61 long-jump class at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Saturday night, but until he broke it a second time… Read more →
Team SA on Sat: GOLD for Weyers, Mahlangu

Ntando Mahlangu broke the world record with a final leap of 7.17m to win gold in the men’s T63 long jump, a matter of minutes after Anrune Weyers had sped… Read more →
Inspirational Cogill hitting back life’s curve balls

By GARY LEMKE in Tokyo As much as Theo Cogill has moved on with his life since that fateful night 10 years ago when he tried to break up a… Read more →
Meet Leon Fleiser: a man on a (chef de) mission

By GARY LEMKE in Tokyo Leon Fleiser knows more than most how one’s life can change in a second. Or even less. In his case it was a bullet in… Read more →
Ageless Situ ready for her sixth Paralympics

By GARY LEMKE in Tokyo The door to her room is wide open and the kettle on the table in the middle of it still warm. She picks up her… Read more →
Team SA’s Paralympians feeling the Twitter love

Excitement is building ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics which gets under way in Tokyo next week. Many of Team SA’s Paralympians are on social media and here is some… Read more →
Getting to know your Team SA Paralympians

As we count down to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, here’s a guide as to what events the 34 Team SA athletes will be competing in, along with an explanation as… Read more →
Patience Shikwambana: The First Lady of Team SA

By GARY LEMKE in Tokyo Meet Patience Shikwambana, Team SA’s chef de mission at two of the last three Olympic Games’. What’s a chef de mission, you might ask? A… Read more →
Maswanganyi gives glimpse into SA’s sprinting future

The fact that South African men’s sprinting is going through a boom period was emphatically underlined at the Tokyo Stadium on Tuesday night, writes GARY LEMKE.