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SA sailor switches boats to book Olympic spot
Published Tue 08 Jun 2021
If all goes according to plan, South Africa will have two boats in the Olympic sailing programme in Tokyo this year. That’s after Leo Davis secured a qualification spot at last week’s Finn Gold Cup in Portugal to join Benji Daniel and Alex Burger, who qualified in the 49er class.
Davis had initially dreamed of representing the country at the Olympics in rowing but was eventually named as the reserve to the heavyweight pair that competed in Rio five years ago. After four years training with the high-performance squad under national rowing coach Roger Barrow, in 2018 he switched boats, with a view to competing in Tokyo in sailing.Read more...
