NEWSLETTER April 2018 1 #Teamuj at Commonwealth Games
SPORT Shaping African University Sport through Excellence, Honour & Victory Ruswahl Samaai at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games UJ student bags bronze at Commonwealth Games The University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) long jumper, medal finish at the Athletics South Africa Senior Championships Ruswahl Samaai, claimed the bronze medal in the in Potchefstroom in April 2017, placed Samaai second in the much contested long jump event at 2018 Gold Coast international rankings behind South African counterpart, Luvo Manyonga, with a 8.65m national record. Commonwealth Games in Australia on Wednesday, In 2017, Samaai earned the bronze medal at the IAAF World 11 April 2018, with a leap of 8.22m. Championships in London, finished in second place at the IAAF Samaai emerged third in the long jump event, with fellow South Diamond League final in Zurich and was named UJ Sportsman African athlete Luvo Manyonga securing the gold medal with of the Year for the second consecutive year. a winning leap of 8.41m, and Australia’s Henry Frayne claiming silver with a jump of 8.33m. The UJ student has represented Team South Africa in several After having overcome injuries that interrupted his 2016 season international championships including the recent 2016 Rio and going through what Samaai describes as a ‘rollercoaster Olympic Games and the World Student Games that took place ride’, his personal best jump of 8.49m that secured him a silver in Chinese-Taipei late last year. NEWSLETTER April 2018 1 #TeamUJ at Commonwealth Games Congratulations goes out to the following
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