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Khotso Mokoena returns empty-handed
Despite promising to come back with a medal for the triple jump, Khotso has failed to deliver on his promise and will return empty handed.
Despite promising to come back with a medal for the triple jump, Khotso has failed to deliver on his promise and will return empty handed.
His performance was over-shadowed by Christian Taylor (USA) who qualified for the men’s triple jump in pole position with a distance of 17,24m while Mokoena posted a distance of 16,51m in his three attempts.
I stayed PERSISTENT, will be same method wn I retire 2019 after defending my comnwealth games tittle.#PERSITENT https://t.co/Bgj9fL66Y4
— khotso Mokoena, OLY 🐊 (@mokoenainspires) August 18, 2016
Currently, South Africa’s medal count stands at nine after Lawrence Brittain bagged a silver for rowing.
