Dit was \u2019n verwelkoming geskik vir \u2019n held toe familie en vriende Donderdagaand die Suid-Afrikaanse rekordbreker Leander Pholman terug in Langebaan verwelkom het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leander (16) het verlede week aan die Suid-Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebrskool-atletiekkampioenskappe in die LSEN-kategorie (leerlinge met spesiale behoeftes) deelgeneem. Hier het hy die 400 m en 800 m kafgedraf en \u2019n nuwe rekord in vir die seuns o.17 400 m-wedloop opgestel in 49:58.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 rekord is in 2019 opgestel met 49:62.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit was wonderlik, maar ek is ook bietjie hartseer want ek weet ek kon dit nog beter gedoen het,\u201d meen Leander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die tiener maak reeds jare lank naam by Weskus-, Boland- en provinsiale atletiekbyeenkomste en nou is hy amptelik \u2019n nasionale kampioen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leander se vele ondersteuners het Donderdagaand tot laat gewag om hom terug van Germiston te verwelkom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Moe\u00eb Leander is met sy aankoms gedruk en gelukgewens met sy nuwe medaljes, terwyl ouma Eva nie die trane kon keer nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens sy afrigter, Clive Cupido, is Leander beslis nie \u2019n oornag-sensasie nie en het sy mees onlangse prestasie n\u00e1 harde werk gekom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDaar is nie \u2019n ompad nie. Atlete moet deur die pyn werk en wanneer jy anderkant kan uitkom, is wanneer die merkwaardige uitslae kom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Leander gee altyd sy beste tydens oefeninge. Kommunikasie is ook baie belangrik, want hy moet vir my s\u00ea wat in sy kop maal voor hy op die baan tree, ek sal dit nooit kan uitwerk nie,\u201d s\u00ea Cupido.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Leander se familie is dit onder Cupido se leiding wat hy veral begin uitblink het. \u201cLeander is baie keer in sy kop. Vir hom is die belangrikste om net te hardloop. Dit prestasies is nie eers so belangrik soos sy liefde vir die sport nie. Afrigter Clive was die een wat die bane saam met hom begin hardloop het, prakties deur die wedloop geneem het en geleer het hoe om die beste uit hom te kry,\u201d vertel die trotse ma Lee-Andi Mustapha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mustapha bieg dit is nie altyd maklik om haar seun finansieel te ondersteun nie, maar danksy borge, hulp van Cupido en ander vriende en familie kan Leander aanhou om te doen waarvoor hy lief is. Leander se hoofborg is Andr\u00e9 Vorster, die Langebaan-sakeman wat Flamingo\u2019s begin het. Volgens \u2019n familievriend, Kamillah Wilsnach, was Vorster sedert hul ontmoeting bankvas agter die tiener. \u201cMet hul ontmoeting wou Leander al sy medaljes aan [Vorster] oorhandig, maar hy het ges\u00ea \u2018nee hierdie is joune, jy het dit verdien\u2019. Ek dink deel van sy ondersteuning spruit uit \u2019n liefde vir die gemeenskap en om Leander te help slaag in sy doelwitte,\u201d s\u00ea Wilsnach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N\u00e1 vele foto\u2019s, \u2019n bord kos en \u2019n bad was Leander Donderdagaand bly om sy bed te sien. \u201cDit maak nooit saak hoe laat hy van \u2019n byeenkoms kom nie, hy moet altyd \u2019n bad vat voor hy gaan l\u00ea,\u201d het sy ma met laggend vertel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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