SOUTH AFRICA: OLYMPICS: President Jacob Zuma bids Olympic and Paralympic teams farewell and wishes them good luck at London 2012

Record ID: 330843

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: OLYMPICS: President Jacob Zuma bids Olympic and Paralympic teams farewell and wishes them good luck at London 2012
  • Date: 12th July 2012
  • Summary: PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA (JULY 12, 2012) (REUTERS) WIDE OF THE OLYMPIC TEAM MEMBERS WALKING INTO HALL VARIOUS OF TEAM MEMBERS ATHLETES WAITING FOR PRESIDENT ZUMA PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA ARRIVING WITH SPORTS MINISTER FIKILE MBALULA ZUMA ADDRESSING THE TEAM AND MANAGEMENT (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT ZUMA SAYING: "We will be fully behind you as a nation, waving our beautiful rainbow flag at very available moment. Go out there, enjoy yourselves and win." ATHLETES LISTENING TO SPEECH (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT ZUMA SAYING: "We want you to be clean, no drugs, no hectic partying, must be measured, and no negative behaviour of any sort, you must really represent us in every respect." TEAM PHOTOGRAPHS
  • Embargoed: 27th July 2012 13:00
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  • Location: South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Politics,Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA5TJD6QM7F7QZ2AYXQPE3TSUQ5
  • Story Text: South African President Jacob Zuma bid the Olympic and Paralympic teams farewell and wished them luck on Thursday (July 12) ahead of the London games.
    A team of 125 athletes (67 male and 58 female) will travel to London and they will be accompanied by 46 officials in each sport.
    Khotso Mokoena was the only South African to muster a silver medal in Beijing four years ago, in the long jump.
    With top athletes like former 800m champion Caster Semenya and double amputee Oscar Pistorius making the cut, South Africa is looking to improve its perfomance and collect more medals.
    The women's soccer team qualified for the first time and will take a squad of 18 players and the men's and women's hockey sides will be represented.
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