From zero to hero: what drove Songo Fipaza to do the Ironman?

[News bot]

Six months ago Songo Fipaza could not float, let alone swim. On Sunday the 29th March he completed open water 3.8km swim - then topped that with the 180km cycle and 42km run in the Iron Man championship in Mandela Bay. A great cyclist and runner, Songo’s dream of competing in Triathlons would remain that –unless he could learn to stay afloat and then to swim.

 

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[davem]

I feel good all over

[Pure XTC]

The occasional times I saw Songo swim on my training days I watched with admiration as he progressed from brick to buoy. To me it wasn't so much that it was Songo (sorry Songo) but the fact that a person was willing to take himself out of his comfort zone and tackle something firstly as big as learning to swim and secondly doing an Ironman. Well done sir and may it show and spur other mini Songos on to what can be achieved if you want it enough.

[banna]

Please can we replace Zuma with this guy.

[Shebeen]

This is Songo FipAza as in Songo.info? As in the charity that spesh racing team for Epic each year?

[Brian Fantana]

He is one of the South Africans I respect the most. He is a very inspirational man (top left):

 

[jules1976]

what a legend !!

 

well done Sir !!