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CAITLYN WALSH The University of Pretoria has had many famous athletes through their institution, with some even making their way to the Olympic Games. The first name that many should recognise is Caster Semenya. Caster Semenya first began her journey of becoming a middle-distance runner when she moved out of Limpopo to UP and joined TuksAthletics in 2009. According to TuksSport, in 2018 the University of Pretoria named Semenya as the Athlete of the Century at the TuksAthletics Centenary gala dinner, which celebrated a century of UP sporting brilliance. Caster Semenya won an Olympic gold medal in 2012 and 2016 and earned herself three goldRead More →

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MARIESA POTGIETER At the end of July, TuksRowing competed in the World Rowing Under 23 Championship, held in Sarasota-Bradenton, USA. PDBY spoke to coach, Mpumi Geza, to hear about the results of the past championship. Geza talks about how the UP team performed compared to last year’s World Championship and says, “We have seen an improvement of the number of athletes active in the under 23 World Championships. Last year we only had five UP athletes in the team whereas this year we had seven athletes active in the team.” Geza says they had four new first years debut in the championship: Henry Torr, DamienRead More →