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Podcast: The Herald
Episode: Whitebooi’s Olympic journey under the spotlight
Description: “It’s never easy, especially when you dream of being on the podium at the highest level of competition, it’s never easy to return home without a medal.”
These are the words of Gqeberha-born Geronay Whitebooi whose Olympic medal hopes were cut short in the last 16 of the judo competition at Paris 2024.
This was Whitebooi’s second Olympics, but in reaching the last 16, having seen off Argentina’s Jacqueline Solis in her opening contest, she had bettered her return from Tokyo 2020.
“I’m pretty happy with my result, but obviously not ecstatic because everyone wants to come home w...