Olympic Gold Medalists: Life After The Games

Published on 02/10/2020
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David Rudisha

David Lekuta Rudisha is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who holds the world record and Olympic record for 800-meters. This athlete is going for gold this coming Olympic Games and has been working and training extremely hard. The runner was in a car crash in Keroka where his car collided with a bus after his tire burst, the runner escaped unharmed and uninjured.

David Rudisha

David Rudisha

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Roland Schoeman

This four-time Olympic competitor confessed that his love for swimming arose when he actually wanted to impress a girl at the age of 13. The asthmatic swimmer is a global swimming icon and actually turned down a R40 million deal to swim for Qatar as he said the best part for him is representing his country, sharing his victories with his fellow people and singing his anthem loud and proud.  Schoeman missed qualifications in 2016 and was allegedly banned for doping, however, he claimed the test was contaminated.

Roland Schoeman

Roland Schoeman

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