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STILBAAI NEWS - With just one sailor on Team SA, the pressure will be on Rut Gouws at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires next week.
Having already achieved that win in Morocco earlier this year, hearing her name officially announced by the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) as part of Team SA was something Gouws will remember for a long time.
“I didn’t have words. It was just amazing and it felt like all the effort that has been put in is finally worth it and everybody who helped, got the reward we were working for,” explained the 15-year-old.
A lack of windy conditions has proved something of a challenge in the talented teenager’s preparations for the Games.
“Without wind in SA it was hard to train on the water, but I trained really hard off the water, and kept my health and fitness up. We did go to Mozambique to train and it was successful, but I wish SA had more wind,” she admitted.
The SA team departed Johannesburg for Argentina on today (2 October), with the sailing events due to get under way 7 October.
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