Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma on Monday congratulated Team South Africa on their performance at the Rio 2016 Paralympics Games, in Brazil.
South Africa has so far bagged six medals comprising of three gold, two silver and a bronze medal.
“We are immensely proud of Team South Africa for their remarkable performance and achievements at the Rio games as they continue to fly the South African flag high,” said President Zuma on Monday.
The country’s gold medals winners are Kevin Paul in the men's 100m breaststroke; Hilton Langenhoven in men's long jump with his leap of 7.07 metres and Charl du Toit in the T37 100-metre track.
The silver medals went to Ilse Hayes for the women’s T13 100m and 14-year-old Ntando Mahlangu for the 200m for above-the-knee amputees men's 200m T42.
Fanie van der Merwe won a Bronze medal in the Men’s T37 100-metre track.
“South Africa continues to rally behind the paralympic athletes and we are also encouraged by their fighting spirit in rising above challenging circumstances,” said President Zuma. – SAnews.gov.za
