Achmat had to cut 18 seconds off his 100m butterfly time to meet the Olympic qualifying time of 1 minute 3 seconds. It is an incredible achievement considering that shaving even one second off your race time takes hours and hours of training. His not only qualifying for the Beijing Olympics in 2008, but coming ninth, was an extraordinary feat for any sportsman. Achmat followed this by cruising into the butterfly and freestyle finals at the 2010 World IPC swimming championships in Holland and setting all Africa records. This year at the Midmar Mile, he tested his mettle against 200 swimmers amongst them Duzi canoeists and Iron Man competitors and won the event. He has set his sights on winning a medal at the 2012 Olympics. Achmat is both driven and humble. It comes as no surprise that his sponsors Foot Gear and Mitsubishi have been right behind him.
Journey of Hope – helmet hair and other challenges…
Journey of Hope 2011 – 6 weeks to go, helmet Hair and other little challenges…
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GUTTED
Forget the image of the knife-wielding psychopath and look to the woman next door, the man on the PTA, your colleague on the board. Four percent of the population fit the bill.
Operation Smile
“ Smiling is infectious,
You can catch it like the flu.
Someone smiled at me today,
And I started smiling too.“