The ongoing World Transplant Games being held in Durban this year have already seen a number of medals for our local heroes.
The youngest cyclist in the 5km Time Trial was Capetonian Robert Laubsher who won the 9-11 age division, finishing in a time of 14.34.
Twenty year old Namibian resident Nora Lombaard, competing for South Africa, was runner-up in her age division.
South Africa clinched five gold medals in the Squash Tournament. Catherine de Beer of Durban, Johan Kleingeld of Bloemfontein, Cape Town’s Kevin Vicars and Johannesburg’s Edward Ormond and Glen Spolander all won gold medals, with double-lung amputee Alive Vogt taking silver.
The Team Golf event took place at Mount Edgecombe Country Club and was won by resident golfer, Derrick Pillay and Johnny Pareira De Silva of Honeydew, Gauteng.
World Transplant Games Federation President, Oliver Coustere welcomed all 50 countries to the games.
“All these athletes stand as a united family, proud and strong together, sharing the same story of suffering, same hopes, same obsession for quality of life recovery,” commented Coustere.
The Games will continue until 4 August.
Visit www.wtg2013.com or call 031 301 8618 for more information.