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Bongani’s badminton dream

2020-05-04
By: Zurika Raubenheimer
On: May 4, 2020
In: Sports, UP Sports

CHRIZAAN PRETORIUS Bongani van Bodenstein is 23 years old and represented South Africa for badminton in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia, and was a University Sports South Africa (USSA) triple time winner for three consecutive years. PDBY spoke to van Bodenstein about his passion for the fastest racket sport in the world (that reaches over 470 km/h in speed) and is played all year -round with no off season. Van Bodenstein told PDBY that his love for this sport derives from of his constant search for new experiences, and badminton offered him the opportunity to meet new people, while traveling across the country toRead More →

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