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The Saturday Sport legend(s) of the week.─── 17:08 Sat, 28 May 2016
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Wheelchair athletes aim to make Comrades history.
The Saturday Sport legends of the week are Chaeli Mycroft and Anita Engelbrecht. They aim to be the first ever wheelchair athletes to participate in the Comrades Marathon this Sunday (29 May).
Their challenge to the rule that no wheelchairs or mechanical aids are allowed in the race was approved by Athletics South Africa on the 18thApril. Chaeli, who was born with cerebral palsy and is a spastic quadriplegic says she is just glad she can set the precedence for disabled athletes after months of back and forth discussions with the organisers.
Story by Moeketsi Mogotsi.
