International medals for Laser-runners

GEORGE NEWS - The third Laser-Run World Championship was hosted in Cape Town and a team from George represented South Africa with great honour.

This championship was an important milestone as Laser-Run is a key part of UIPM's strategy to develop the core Olympic sport Modern Pentathlon, giving more athletes of all ages an opportunity to get involved in UIPM sports.

Hostile weather made it difficult for the organisers, but hundreds of athletes made their countries proud with thier performances.

The championship was represented by 303 international athletes from 15 participating countries.

South Africa dominated proceedings and ended up with a huge medal count across the 15 categories, which gave athletes of all ages, from u.11 to Masters 60+, the opportunity to compete on the world stage.

Other nations such as Great Britain and Egypt competed strongly in multiple events, but there was no denying the standout quality of a very well-prepared and strong South African team.

The members of the George Laser-Run team that represented South Africa was back, from left: Debbie Strydom (6th), Ulene Visser (4th), Hendrik Visser (4th), Kobus Scholtz (6th), Elka Scholtz (8th), Neytwin Laminie (2nd) and André Kleynhans (10th). Front: Nadia Visser (10th), Marcus Kleynhans (9th), Stef Schoeman (14th), Gerome Jacobs (6th) and Davon Prins (18th).

The weather was not on the event's side on Sunday morning, but the championship's organisers were pleased to have run all the competitions as planned.