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Johannesburg - The first team announcement for the 2008 Beijing Olympics was held in Johannesburg on Wednesday to announce the athletes and officials who will form part of Team SA.

 

 

 

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee announced the following teams:

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Hunter

 

John-Lee Augustyn

 

David George

 

 

 

Burry Stander

 

 

 

Yolande Speedy

 

 

 

Tony Harding (Manager/Coach)

 

Melvin Classen (Mechanic)

 

Leon Schepers (Coach)

 

 

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Not that I know anything about MTB'ing but didn't the Mundy girl win SA champs so would that then not make her first choice - or was that cross country so is there a difference between this and what they are doing at the olympics?

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and the res:

 

 

 

Aquatics

 

Jenna Dreyer

 

Kathryn Meaklim

 

Melissa Corfe

 

Jessica Pengelly

 

Lize-Mari Retief

 

Amanda Loots

 

Wendy Trott

 

Suzaan van Biljon

 

Cameron van der Burgh

 

Darian Townsend

 

Gerhard Zandberg

 

George du Rand

 

Gideon Louw

 

Jean Basson

 

Lyndon Ferns

 

Neil Versfeld

 

Riaan Schoeman

 

Roland Schoeman

 

Ryk Neethling

 

Troyden Prinsloo

 

William Diering

 

 

 

Archery

 

Calvin Hartley

 

Barbara Manning (Manager/Coach)

 

 

 

Boxing

 

Jackson Chauke

 

Peter Armstrong (Manager)

 

 

 

Cycling

 

Robert Hunter

 

John-Lee Augustyn

 

David George

 

Burry Stander

 

Yolande Speedy

 

Tony Harding (Manager/Coach)

 

Melvin Classen (Mechanic)

 

Leon Schepers (Coach)

 

 

 

Fencing

 

Jyoti Chetty

 

Adele Du Plooy

 

Elvira Wood

 

Michael Wood

 

Dario Torrente

 

Sello Maduma

 

Randall Daniels (Coach)

 

Guennadi Tyshler (Coach)

 

 

 

Gymnastics

 

Odette Richard

 

Maureen van Rooyen (Manager/Coach)

 

 

 

Sailing

 

Penny Alison

 

Dominique Provoyeur

 

Kim Rew

 

Dayne Sharp (Manager/Coach)

 

 

 

Shooting

 

Diane Swanton

 

Esmari Van Reenen

 

Timothy Swanton (Manager/Coach)

 

 

 

THE MEDICAL TEAM

 

 

 

MEDICAL DOCTORS

 

Chief Medical Officer: Shuaib Ismail Manjra

 

Demitri Constantinou

 

Ephraim Nematswerani

 

Herold Adams

 

 

 

PHYSIOTHERAPISTS

 

 

 

Chief Physiotherapist: Tumelo Komane

 

Edwin Bodha

 

Neil Viranna

 

Michael Mabasa

 

Caren Fleishman

 

Louise Ann Rivett

 

Marlene Naicker

 

Merike Hopkins

 

Jacqui McCord-Uys

 

Theodore Calligeris

 

Derek du Plessis

 

popeye2008-04-23 07:50:03

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If I were the Boxing bloke I would lodge a complaint of racism that the Archery guy and Gymnastics chick both get a manager and a coach whilst he only gets a manager.

 

Things are just so unfair these days.Ouch
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Not that I know anything about MTB'ing but didn't the Mundy girl win SA champs so would that then not make her first choice - or was that cross country so is there a difference between this and what they are doing at the olympics?

 

Amy Jane Mundy did win the recent SA MTB Champs held in Pietermaritzburg, however Yolande Speedy is ranked higher when it comes to UCI points. Yolande Speedy spent time racing on the Europe MTB circuit the last couple of years and thus she has more UCI points qualifying her for the Olympics!!
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Great to see David made it....

 

Only one question, Why John Lee? He has done jacjk sh*t this year. There are far better choices than him.

 

1000 bucks only David finishes the Road race.
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more UCI points just means you've been lapped more times in Europe...no offence to anyone......Yolande was in Houffalize this passed weekend.....so thats good, but was down 1 lap in the end.......

 

 
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more UCI points just means you've been lapped more times in Europe...no offence to anyone......Yolande was in Houffalize this passed weekend.....so thats good' date=' but was down 1 lap in the end.......

 

 
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Good point there Rock!! At least she was there!Clap

 

Where was the rest of the SA girls?Embarrassed
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net die top 32 word genooi met meeste punte. Sfiso het nog nie genoeg. Hy kan dalk later ingesluit word, soos ek daai reel verstaan.

 

 

 

 

 

So by the way... Julle het nuwe base in die CSA .... KLAAR GEKIES EN DIE REGTE OUENS WAS GEKIES !!!!!popeye2008-04-23 08:32:19

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