Leemisa Thuseho LESOTHO’s Germany-based taekwondo star Michelle Tau is looking forward to starting her season in style when she competes in the 12th edition of the African Taekwondo Championship in Dakar, Senegal. The championships started underway yesterday and will end today. Tau will start fighting today (Sunday) and will only know her opponent a few […]
The Maltese Olympic Committee have announced that indoor pistol shooter Eleanor Bezzina is the first Maltese athlete to have her participation at the forthcoming XXXII Games of the Olympiad in Tokyo, officially confirmed.
Bezzina will be competing in her second Olympic Games – having taken part in 2016 in Rio. She has also been a recipient of an Olympic Solidarity Scholarship for the past three years.
“Today’s announcement came as a very pleasant surprise,” Bezzina said.
“This past year has been very challenging since all international competitions were cancelled one after the other. Furthermore, we had no access to training facilities. I tried to find alternative methods of training to keep my technique in shape though it is quite different from my actual sport.
Sechele hoping for good season
Leemisa Thuseho
TRIPLE jumper Lerato Sechele is hoping for a fruitful year despite Covid-19 induced disruptions to sporting activities.
Sechele, who has already qualified for the upcoming African Seniors Championships penned in for between May to June 2021 in Algiers, Algeria, said she is targeting a gold medal at the event.
The games were initially set for 24 to 28 June 2020 but were postponed to this year on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic.
She qualified for the tournament in February last year during the Free State Athletics Championships in Bloemfontein.
In her debut participation in the African Championships in Nigeria in 2018, Sechele brought home a bronze medal.
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