SA rope jumper Sonopo Johannes skips away with 3 silver medals at World Champs

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s rope jumping ace, Sonopo Tshilwane Johannes, claimed three silver medals on Tuesday at the 2023 World Jump Rope Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

“SA Jumping is growing by the day to reach the international standard, if I am able to get a silver medal at this level, it means that we are really not far from what other countries are doing. The fun part about rope skipping, especially freestyle, is that music is involved so it’s easy to use our genre to choreograph our freestyles in such a way that they also represent our culture through music choice,” said the athlete.

The International Jump Rope Union holds its World Championships biannually, featuring the top jump rope athletes in single rope and double Dutch disciplines across the globe. Johannes told Eyewitness News that as much as rope skipping emphasises your physical strength in order for one to perform at their highest level, he said mental health was what gave the edge to push just a little further than your opponent.

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