Training SA Olympic medal hopefuls not to drop the baton - Paul Gorries

After being postponed last year, the Tokyo Olympic Games is going ahead in July, under the cloud of the Covid-19 pandemic. Locals in Japan are wary and athletes are anxious - but for the rest of us, this the event we need to lift our spirits after a dreadful year. One team that will be followed with bated breath is the 4 x 100 metre relay team. SA sprinters Gift Leotela, Thando Dlodlo, Clarence Munyai and Akani Simbine - all from the Tuks Athletics Club - managed to clinch a gold medal at the World Athletics Relay Championship in May. BizNews caught up with team coach Paul Gorries, to find out how they are preparing and ask him what he thinks the team's chances are.  He also reveals what one of our biggest hopes for medals in the Olympics, superstar Wayde van Niekerk, has been up to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices