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Abercrombie’s long and stellar athletics career was spurred on by a dash at age 6

admin January 2, 2019March 22, 2022 Alex Abercrombie, Allan O'Ryan, Colin Barendilla, George van der Ross, Gladstone Foster, Henry Davids, Herman Gibbs, Ismail Collier, Ivan Masters, Jackie Swanepoel, John Wippenaar, Kenny Roman, Lawrence Jacobs

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the first chapter of a two-part series about the versatile South African champion athlete…

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Sprint champions relive glory days
Abercrombie raked in the accolades on and off the track

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