SASCOC name Olympics athletics team

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt and South Africa's Anaso Jobodwana would be out to renew their battle at RIO Olympics

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) announced a 39-members national athletic team which is set to represent the country in various codes at the quadrennial spectacle at RIO 2016 Olympics games.

The Olympics games are regarded as the biggest sporting showpiece in the world, the games are popularly known for offering different sporting codes and for giving paralysed athletes an opportunity to express their talent at the biggest stage during the Paralympics.

The track and field squad will include former Olympic medalist Khotso Mokoena who earned long Jump silver at Beijing Olympics in 2008, and Caster Semenya who finished second in the 800m event at the London 2012 Olympics.

This duo would also be joined by medals hopefuls in 400m champion and S.A sports star of the year, Wayde van Niekerk, long jumper Ruswahl Samaai, resurgent 400m hurdler LJ van Zyl and Javelin’s Sunette Viljoen.

Speaking two weeks ago about expected medals from the team, SASCOC President Gideon Sam said they shouldn’t be over ambitious.

“We have given the squad a task of ensuring that they return with 10 medals at the games. Anything above that would be a huge achievement for the country and the federation,” Sam said.

The current world-class group of local stars would be out to break South Africa’s failure to collect more than three medals at a single edition of the games in Athletics competition.

Men

Akani Simbine, Henricho Bruintjies, Tlotliso Leotlela, Clarence Munyai, Anaso Jobodwana, Wayde van Niekerk, Jacob Rozani, Rynhardt van Rensburg, Elroy Gelant, Stephen Mokoka, Antonio Alkana, Lindsay Hanekom, Louis van Zyl, Le Roux Hamman, Ruswahl Samaai, Luvo Manyonga, Stefan Brits, Khotso Mokoena, Rocco van Rooyen, Willem Coertzen, Lebogang Shange, Wayne Snyman, Marc Mundell

Women
Carina Horn, Alyssa Conley, Tsholofelo Thipe, Justine Palfframan, Caster Semenya, Wenda Nel, dominique Scott, Lynique Prinsloo, Sunette Viljoen, Anel Oosthuizen

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