Wayde van Niekerk
South Africa’s running sensation was born 29 weeks preterm and weighed a little over 1kg. Many did not think he would survive but he did and in 2012 during the Rio Olympics, he won South Africa’s first gold medal.
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South Africa’s running sensation was born 29 weeks preterm and weighed a little over 1kg. Many did not think he would survive but he did and in 2012 during the Rio Olympics, he won South Africa’s first gold medal.
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