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08 September 2024 – 07:21
by ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK
South African sports tourists visiting Paris for the Paralympic Games that end today were met by a surprising sight as they made their way to venues hosting the Games. A lineup of six inspirational paralympic athletes emblazoned on the electric-powered buses used for transport between venues included South African shot-put star Tyrone Pillay.
Pillay won a bronze medal at the 2016 Paralympics and competed in 2020, but retired from competitive sports before the 2024 edition. However, he was still one of the most active athletes in Paris in the past few weeks, a result of working in the Olympic and Paralympic development department at Toyota, one of the major sponsors of both Games…
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