Curtain comes down on 2008 Paralympic Games
Filed Under Curt Hennig | Posted on September 17, 2008
The curtain has come down on the greatest Paralympic Games in history. With another medal on the final day of competition in Beijing, Team South Africa has had its most successful games ever.
Ernst van Dyk added to the country’s medal tally. He won a bronze in the men’s T54 marathon to add to the five the team already had. The bronze is his second medal of the Games he won a gold in the men’s individual hand cycling road race.
The most successful South African Paralympic team arrives home at 7am on Saturday morning. Like the Olympic closing ceremony, the 13th Paralympic Games ended in spectacular fashion. All the disabilities featured during the ceremony while the song and dance had a taste of pop culture to it signalling the hand over to 2012 Games hosts, London.
During the ceremony, Natalie du Toit was presented with the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award for her achievements in life through sport and the Paralympics. Du Toit won five gold medals in Beijing. She and triple gold medallist Oscar Pistorius were two of the stars of the games and the two will also set London alight in four years time.
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