The para-athletes might be representing South Africa from 5 to 13 December on the Rio de Janeiro 2022 Boccia World Championships.
Team SA heads to the World Boccia World championships in Rio de Janeiro. Picture: SASAPD/Instagram.
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa is sending three of its prime para-athletes to the World Boccia World championships in Rio de Janeiro.
Elanza Jordaan, Karabo Morapedi, and Brett Dakin might be representing the nation from 5 – 13 December on the Rio de Janeiro 2022 Boccia World Championships in Barra da Tijuca.
Boccia is a recreation designed particularly for athletes with a incapacity affecting their locomotor operate.
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I pray that the flight will go nicely for you and that you simply arrive there and come again safely.
I hope that you’ll have enjoyable, regardless of how the video games go!
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More than 170 athletes from 41 international locations have been confirmed to participate.
Boccia – launched in 1984, when solely 19 athletes represented 5 completely different international locations, is now practised in additional than 75 international locations worldwide, and it has no Olympic counterpart.
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SA Boccia para-athlete Elanza Jordaan. Picture: SASAPD/Instagram.
“My dream is to represent South Africa at the Paralympic Games. My goals are to practice hard and to participate in as many Boccia competitions as possible. I hope to inspire younger Boccia athletes to participate and enjoy Boccia as much as I do. When my mom (who is my ramp assistant) and I retire from Boccia, we want to start introducing the game to old age homes and schools that don’t know about Boccia in the Western Cape,” stated Jordaan.
SA Boccia para-athleteKarabo Morapedi . Picture: SASAPD/Instagram.
Morapedi’s objective is to get his Diploma in Public Management and present folks that disabled individuals may obtain what they need of their lives.
“My dream is to achieve success and be an inspiration to many individuals who don’t have faith and don’t imagine in themselves. My objectives in Boccia are to win plenty of gold medals within the National Championships and my dream is to go to the Paralympics to signify South Africa,” he stated.
SA Boccia para-athlete Brett Dakin . Picture: SASAPD/Instagram.
“My main goal is to reach and compete in the next Paralympics in Paris 2024. It has always been my dream to compete in the Paralympics one day,” stated Dakin.
The World Boccia Africa Regional Championships are coming to Mzansi between 17-23 May. Brett Dakin will signify us within the BC 2 class and has his eyes on the GOLD medal and qualifying for World Championships. #AfricaBocciaChamps #YearOfTalent #GoSAGo pic.twitter.com/0QMXRyCtOG
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The competitors, organised and hosted by the National Association of Sports for the Disabled (ANDE) which manages the modality in Brazil, might be broadcasted on YouTube from 4 courts.
According to the championship’s official website, there was a historic variety of volunteers for this yr’s sporting occasion.
“Even earlier than the competitors begins: some numbers are already historic: greater than 300 purposes in lower than every week to apply for the 40 vacancies within the Volunteer Program, managed by Sports Network, and the favored election for the title of the mascot (Dibo), which is a tribute to the best Brazilian medallist on this sport.”
The mascot has been named in honour of four-time Paralympic gold medallist Dirceu Pinto – who died from coronary heart failure aged 39 in 2020.
Dibo is a mix of his title – Dirceu and the game at which he excelled – boccia.
