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Local cyclist gets to wear the green and gold for the first time
Paracyclist Gary Coetzee has been selected to the national team that will participate at the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup in Pietermaritzburg in May.
Local paracyclist Gary Coetzee (33) has been selected to the national team.
He won gold medals in the time trial and road race at the SA National Road Championship in KwaZulu-Natal last month.
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Coetzee, with a C4 classification, will now represent South Africa at the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup in Pietermaritzburg on May 7 and 8.
He has been participating in road cycling for only a year. He said he was super excited to have been selected.
“I am going to be wearing the green and gold. What an honour and privilege.”
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