{"id":49076,"date":"2021-04-01T12:33:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T10:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/dp-learner-top-hurdles-athlete-20210331-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:23:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:23:55","slug":"dp-learner-top-hurdles-athlete-20210331-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/dp-learner-top-hurdles-athlete-20210331-2\/","title":{"rendered":"DP learner \u2013 top hurdles athlete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>THE world\u2019s current leading 400m hurdles athlete hails from Daniel Pienaar Technical High School in Uitenhage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_f2f0fe42\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Learners \" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11126\/c3a4945f6f9f475fb1831cf5b4ae792d.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11126\/1dfe971309f445a9a406973ab38210b6.jpg\" title=\"Wernich van Rensburg, currently has the world-leading time in the 400m Hurdles for boys U\/18.    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