Monday, July 17, 2006

Beating the odds

It is not an easy task winning a karate world championship - and it is even more difficult when you are confined to a wheelchair.

Dirk van der Merwe, 33, with all the odds stacked against him, won first place in the Kata division at the Tenshinkan World Championships out of 25 able-bodied people from the US, Japan and South Africa.

Tenshinkan is a type of karate style.

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