Jakobus (Jacques) van Zyl’s first 100m sprints were to beat the family car when the younger ones challenged him to a race during weekly visits. Little did the 81-year-old know that his running career, which only started in earnest after his 70th birthday, would end up with him clutching a bronze medal on an international..
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Sprightly SA man, 81, bags bronze medal in world athletics race
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