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Rum\u00e9 se ma, Marinda, s\u00ea die Nike-kontrak maak vir Rum\u00e9 baie deure oop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Nie net borg hulle haar atletiekklere en spykerskoene nie, maar ook haar reiskoste. Dit beteken dat sy na al die buitelandse byeenkomste kan reis,” s\u00ea Marinda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Rum\u00e9 droom om sover met atletiek te kom soos wat sy kan. Sy hoop om in 2028 in Los Angeles aan die Olimpiese Spele te kan gaan deelneem.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rum\u00e9 s\u00ea die Nike-borgskap beteken vir haar ongelooflik baie. “Dit is ‘n groot eer en motivering en wys dat harde werk en toewyding raakgesien word. Dit het gekom deur konsekwente prestasie en mense wat in my potensiaal glo en daarvoor is ek baie dankbaar.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy is een van net twee jong atlete wat ‘n kontrak by Nike ontvang het. Die ander atleet is van Australi\u00eb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rum\u00e9 se afrigter is Olimpiese atleet Elinda Vorster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die kampioen-bloed loop dik in Rum\u00e9 se are. Haar pa is die afriger van die Blitsbokke en voormalige Blitsbok en Cheetahs-vleuel Philip Burger en haar oupa Thys Burger het in die jare 1980 vir die Springbokke rugby gespeel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vanjaar is haar eerste groot fokus op die W\u00eareld o.20-kampioenskap in Eugene, Oregon in Augustus in Amerika. “My doel is om gesond te bly, myself optimaal voor te berei en Suid-Afrika met trots te gaan verteenwoordig. Ek wil my beste prestasie lewer en my persoonlike beste tye verbeter,” s\u00ea sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar eers is haar mikpunt die naweek se Zone-atletiek in die stad waarmee die atletiek-seisoen vir die jaar open en die Simbine Classic Shootout in Pretoria waar die land se topatlete op die baan teen mekaar meeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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