Celebrated athlete Zola Budd reflects on her career
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- Опубликовано: 20 апр 2024
- Zola Budd is one of the most celebrated athletes in South African sporting history. From representing two different countries at the Olympic Games, to controversy during the apartheid years, as well as having a minibus taxi named after her, these are the ingredients of an interesting story.
She spoke to Newzroom Afrika's Benjamin Leshoro about her experiences and the country's chances at the upcoming Olympics in Paris.
Tune into Newzroom Afrika DStv channel 405 for more.
My childhood. She is another South African pride that united South Africans. Not only was the mini bus taxi named after her but the great Brenda Fasie released a hit song about the Zola Budd taxi and her in the video running bear foot. SA has come a long way.....i have hope in the young ones 🇿🇦
Such an optimistic and loving interview! I absolutely adore Zola Budd and only have known about her for two months :) She reflects on her life with such kindness. She is the real deal. I would to love see her show up to the 2028 Los Angela's Olympics!
I have really come to respect and appreciate Zola Budd. I remember very well the 1984 Olympics. I lived in Los Angeles at the time as a young Ghanaian teenage boy in high school. The way she was treated felt personal to me as I too was dealing with similar issues of being an outside in America and in my local school/family. Over the last 10 years I have developed a following for middle distance running and have looked into the history and growth of the sport. Budd has been one of those people who I have gotten to think about a lot as an athlete and as a person who was very brave in her time. My respect for her strength and poise only grows as the years go on. Thanks for featuring her to those of us nearing 60, she was a fixture in our lives.
I'm so happy she's back in South Africa ❤🇿🇦❤🇿🇦❤
She's so humble...Makes her even Greater😍😍😍😍❤️
I hope and wish for her only Good Health and Long Life! ❤️❤️
I hope every fan of zolas knows one thing.Forget about the running and fame.She is quite simply the kindest and most helpful woman.
This woman is the reason I used to in trouble for walking bare foot and being pricked by thorns thinking I was smart. Nothing but love and admiration for her
What a brilliant conversation. Thank you for this interview. As is so often the case - the administrators are incompetent political cadre of the ANC. When can we just function as citizens and not as ideological pawns.
Wow please to see her have lots of respect for Zola Budd . Forgot to tell her that Brenda falsie release a great song zola budd
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Lovely Lady xx
Now we are learning that western countries banned South Africa because apartheid, not what we have been told. Eye opening.
I was in high school during the height of riots in SA, matriculated I 1987. I was 24 in 1994. Didn't realize the narrative was different for others 😮😢
Were you living on the moon during Apartheid....Who told you we were Not banned because of Apartheid ????
The best Athlete S.A. ever had
Rubbish !!!!
@@truth-Hurts375 I didn't ask for your 2nd name
It's hard to say who was the best ever, but she definitely was very good.
Yes, many took and take drugs. Also, it is unfair to women to allow men to compete as women. Zola is the true SAF 1500-meter record holder and more. Sometimes our friends were the drug takers too but today pretend they were clean athletes.
My teenage crush. She did not age well, though.
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