As part of Women’s Month, ahead of International Women’s Rights Day on 8 March, we look back at the remarkable journey of South African swimmer Natalie du Toit, one of the towering figures of ...

The David Dixon Award, named after the former honorary secretary of the Commonwealth Games Federation, was presented, in a full stadium at the Closing Ceremony, to the athlete who made the best ...

(AP) Impending retirement has done little to dim the lofty ambitions of Natalie du Toit, one of the most decorated athletes competing at the London Paralympics. Since losing her left leg in a motor ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Inspirational amputee swimmer Natalie du Toit will carry South Africa's flag at the Olympic Games opening ceremony, team officials said on Friday. "Natalie was the obvious choice ...

BEIJING, Sept 14 (Reuters) - South African amputee Natalie du Toit snared her fifth swimming gold medal of the Beijing Paralympics on Sunday in an event 9,950 metres shorter than the race she took ...

BEIJING — Natalie Du Toit of South Africa won her fourth gold medal in swimming at the Beijing Paralympics, taking the 400-meter freestyle on Friday in a world-record time for her disability group. Du ...

South African poet Mbali Vilakazi is also a performer and radio producer based in Cape Town. Vilakazi's poem pays tribute to South African swimmer Natalie du Toit, the first female amputee ever to ...

Tunisia's Raoua Tlili won her fifth consecutive gold medal in the shot put at her fifth Paralympic Games with a throw of 10.40 metres. She beat K. Khakimova (Uzbekistan), who threw 10.36 metres, and A ...