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Paraplegic swimmer completes Robben Island crossing News24Wire
Robben Island. Picture: Facebook Other categories of people with disabilities have completed the crossing before, such as quadriplegic athlete Pieter du Preez who did so in 2017.
Alwyn Uys, a 30-year-old paraplegic athlete, took on the daunting 8km swim from Robben Island to Bloubergstrand on Friday, battling the currents to successfully complete the “Robben Island crossing”.
Other categories of people with disabilities have completed the crossing before, such as quadriplegic athlete Pieter du Preez who did so in 2017.
And on Friday, Uys joined the group as the first paraplegic athlete in the world to do so, by his knowledge.