21 Jun: Charl du Toit, South Africa's Double Paralympic & World Sprint Champion
Jun 21, 2018 ·
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South African Charl du Toit is a reigning double World and Paralympic sprint champion. Competing in the T37 class for athletes with cerebral palsy he won gold at the 2016...
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South African Charl du Toit is a reigning double World and Paralympic sprint champion. Competing in the T37 class for athletes with cerebral palsy he won gold at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio in the 100m and 400m and a year later he added the 200m and 400m titles at the IPC World Athletics Championships in London. In April he set a new world record for the T37 100m of 11.35 seconds at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Planet Sport's Tom Ellis caught up with Charl at the Commonwealth Games to find out more about this exceptional athlete and his life, career and faith.
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