Tag: PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES 2024

ENTERTAINMENT

What is the repechage round and what does it mean for Olympic athletes

The 2024 Paris Olympics has been a tournament of many firsts, and the track and field sporting code has come up with an innovative way to provide a shot at redemption for the athletes. Repechage, a word which loosely translates from French to “fish out” or “to rescue” allows competitors who do not initially clinch […]

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ENTERTAINMENT

From Parys to Paris: DStv’s cheeky Olympics ad gets the thumbs up

Trust DStv to produce a proudly South African ad to commemorate the start of the Paris Olympics. Kudos to their marketing team for taking everything that makes us South African and punching them into a one-minute commercial. The tongue-in-cheek take on the Olympic Games introduces us to Kimmii Bal-Klap in the swingball category, Stevie Slipperman […]

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