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Final Team Size – Paralympics

• 62 athletes

• 29 Coaches/Managers

• 6 General Team Management

• 10 Medical Team

• 7 sports codes

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Team Demographics

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Performances at the Games -

Paralympics

• Only 3 sports (athletics, cycling,

swimming) brought back medals

• 19 athletes won the 29 medals

• 12 athletes finished in the top 8, 3

World Records, 2 Paralympic Records

• The team finished 17th on the medal

table.

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Overall performance

• Teams performances at the Games were good

• More work needs to be done to ensure that the

country does not slip in terms of Rio 2016

performances

• Sport for the Disabled needs more development

which will improve participation and demograhics.

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Challenges experienced

• Selection policies

Selection was challenged by athletes from

Paralympics – athletics, table tennis

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Media Centre

• SASCOC media team setup work well with feedback

and daily updates.

• Regular press briefing

• Radio and free to air provided news content from the

Games daily.

• 702 provided a live afternoon broadcast daily

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Media Centre

• Developed an application for android phones –

approximately 185 000 downloads of the app

• MIXIT partnership we had over 1 million followers

providing messages of support and congratulations to

athletes

• Team SA Twitter (19000) and Facebook (19000)

• www.roadtolondon.co.za - 71% new visitors during

the Games

• www.sascocimages.co.za over 600 000 hits

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Positives of the London Games

• Greater Awareness of the Olympic and Paralympic

teams

• The nation getting behind Team South Africa

• A great Team send off and welcome on arrival

• Team South Africa were in high spirits before during

and after the Games

• Team South Africa was honoured by Parliament at a

joint sitting.

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