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Michaela Whitebooi

‘If it were not for judo, I would probably have dropped out of school,’ says SA’s latest gold medal winner

South Africa

‘If it were not for judo, I would probably have dropped out of school,’ says SA’s latest gold medal winner

By Gary Lemke in Birmingham

Underdog Whitebooi aims to nail SA colours to judo’s Olympic mast

Sport

Underdog Whitebooi aims to nail SA colours to judo’s Olympic mast

By Gary Lemke in Tokyo