May/June 2018 - Volume 2, Issue 3
May/June 2018 - Volume 2, Issue 3 Willa de Ruyter ne of South Africa’s most revered event hosted at the Vaal University of Technolo- Two of its students, one club member and athletes, Mogadi Caster Semenya, has gy from 27 to 29 April 2018.04.24 one staff member were part of team SA at the recent Commonwealth Games and added to Osigned an agreement with the Tshwane The announcement of the agreement between the medal tally. Two international students also University of Technology (TUT) to become the TUT and Semenya was made at an official made their presence felt at the event University’s number one sporting ambassador. welcome back event for a group of five TUT According to the year-long agreement, that affiliated athletes who participated in the recent Stephen Mokoka, Olympian and South Africa’s will be up for review annually, Semenya will run Commonwealth Games. 10 000m sensation; Dumisani Chauke, TUT’s Sport Organiser & Netball SA’s thriving coach; in TUT colours at local events. Caster participat- Speaking at the event, Semenya said she TUT athletics club member Henricho Bruint- ed for TUT during the University Sports South wanted to make a change in the lives of young jies and Caster Semenya, the country’s leading Africa National Institutional Track and Field people, especially those in rural areas in the female athlete who is currently enrolled for a B country. Sharing her own experiences as a child Tech: Sport Management, represented South from a rural area and the challenges she had to Africa. Semenya clinched gold medals in the overcome, she said this change in her life is all women’s 800 m and 1500 m events, among about improving sport at TUT and highlighting others breaking Zola Budd's 1 500m national the opportunities the University offers to the record.
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