Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Mark Ouma
South Africa’s former World Champions in high jump Jacque Freitag made a quiet return to the sport after a four year absence.
Remember Jacque Freitag?
He cleared the bar at a height of 2.35m to claim the gold medal in the men’s high jump at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris France. That earned him a place in the Africa Athletics Hall of Fame. The South African hold the continents record at 2.38m.
Subsequently, Freitag quietly disappeared from the athletics scene in 2006. He re-emerged again last Thursday (March 04) where he was placed fifth with a clearance of 2.05m at the Yellow Pages Series meet in Potchefstroom in South Africa.
“I am really grateful to be back participating in the sport that gave me a break in life. My performance in Potchefstroom is satisfactory. I have been doing some heavy weights inthe gym to build upper body strength. By the time of the national championships (March 20-21), I will to jump much higher,” Freitag assured.
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South Africa’s former World Champions in high jump Jacque Freitag made a quiet return to the sport after a four year absence.
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