Despatch spog met n\u00f3g \u2018n Suid-Afrikaanse sportkampioen. Di\u00e9 keer is dit Ruben Ross (18) \u2018n gestremde atleet, wat \u2018n goue medalje in diskus by die pasafgelope Suid-Afrikaanse sportvereniging vir liggaamlik gestremdes (SASAPD) se kampioenskapstoernooi in Kaapstad gewen het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy mikpunt was om die rekord te verbeter. Met my afstand van 19.29 meter het ek dit gemis, maar was wel die wenner in die o.20 F35-klas met my totale puntetelling van 49,\u201d s\u00ea Ruben, \u2018n graad 12 leerder by Ho\u00ebrskool Despatch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit was die 61ste SASAPD-toernooi en word jaarliks deur Toyota geborg. Vanjaar het sowat 650 atlete in die Groenpunt-stadion, Kaapstad, deelgeneem. Dit is \u2018n uitstekende geleentheid waar belowende atlete met fisieke gestremdhede kan meeding. Di\u00e9 toernooi word ook deur W\u00eareld-Para-atletiek onderskryf en atlete kan dus hier kwalifiseer om op internasionale vlak deel te neem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ruben het 18-jaar gelede, as ongebore baba in sy ma Cindy se baarmoeder \u2018n beroerte gekry. Mediese ondersoeke sowat twee maande na sy geboorte het bevestig dat Ruben die beroerte aan die regterkant van sy brein gehad het \u2013 wat \u2018n invloed op die spiere aan die linkerkant van sy liggaam het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Met vanjaar se atletiekseisoen agter die rug, gaan Ruben nou sy diskus b\u00eare en kragoptel aanpak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk is nog besig om die waters te toets in kragoptel en is baie opgewonde. Ek oefen sedert September 2022 by oom Jacques Fourie se gym en het gesien hy het verskriklik baie trofe\u00eb, medaljes en geraamde sertifikate uit sy dae toe hy \u2018n kragopteller was. So, nou wil ek dit probeer in die wintermaande wanneer daar nie atletiek is nie.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir Ruben is die ironie dat Malana Gerber wat in 2019 sy potensiaal in diskusgooi raakgesien het, hom per toeval na al die jare weer gesien het, en hom di\u00e9 keer gemotiveer het om met kragoptel te begin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTannie Malana het my ma destyds aanbeveel om my by SASAPD te registreer. Nou het sy my vertel haar dogter Ilze-Mari Maritz, is \u2018n internasionale skeidsregter in kragoptel. Al die dinge laat my weereens besef hoe die Here dinge laat gebeur en mense oor jou pad kom vir \u2018n rede.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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