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Die tweekamp en driekamp bestaan uit \u2019n kombinasie van swem, hardloop en laser skiet. Altesaam 650 atlete van 31 lande het hierdie jaar aan die kompetisie deelgeneem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van der Merwe het in die aflos-afdelings saam met haar manlike Suid-Afrikaanse eweknie Rupert Groenewald van Gauteng deelgeneem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy is geen vreemdeling vir hierdie kompetisie nie en het reeds in 2018 aan die w\u00eareldkampioenskap in Egipte deelgeneem en vier goue en een silwermedalje verower. Verlede jaar het sy by dieselfde kompetisie in Duitsland twee goue medaljes in die individuele items verower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van der Merwe meen sy het vanjaar meer selfvertroue ge\u00adhad wat bygedra het tot haar sukses, ten spyte van strawwe kompetisie. Haar droom is om eendag aan die Olimpiese Spele in atletiek of swem deel te neem. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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