Curro Hazeldean High School have offered to cover the travel expenses for Bayanda Walaza’s mother, Tholiwe, to attend the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in support of her son.
South African athletics teen sensation and Olympic silver medalist Bayanda Walaza says his teammate Akani Simbine motivated him a lot at the recent Olympic Games in Paris.
Nine-time Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis, who coaches Shaun Maswanganyi, expressed his admiration for South Africa’s 4x100m relay team after they secured a silver medal at Stade de France on Friday night.
Bayanda Walaza and Bradley Nkoana are a remarkable success story, with Walaza in grade 12 and Nkoana in his first year of university.
The 4x100m relay team, consisting of Akani Simbine, Shaun Maswanganyi, Bradley Nkoana, and Bayanda Walaza, kept South Africa’s medal hopes alive at the Olympic Games by advancing to Friday night’s final.
Curro Hazeldean High School has funded the travel expenses for coach Thabo Matebe to attend the Olympic Games in Paris to support their star sprinter, Bayanda Walaza.