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Yesterday South African’s went to bed with a big smile and a sense of pride in being South Africans, thanks to
Cameron van de Burgh’s sensational performance in the 2012 Olympic Games.

Cameron van der Burgh clocked in an Olympic and World record time of 58.46 seconds in the 100-metre breaststroke
event, a day after setting an Olympic record of 58.83 in Saturday event, and thus taking the first gold medal of the
2012 Games for South Africa and the first gold medal for the entire African continent.

His outstanding performance was a beam of sunshine and the needed motivation for all South Africans to further
throw in our undivided support for all our athletes competing in the 2012 Games. This will certainly give other South
African Athletes the springs to bring home more medals surpassing the 12 medals target set by (Sascoc) president
Gideon Sam before the start of the 2012 Games.

The Congress of the People Youth Movement takes this moment to congratulate Cameron van der Burgh on this
momentous achievement and would like to wish him and his team well as they will compete in the men's 4×100 metre
medley relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics which will take place on 3–4 August 2012.

We wish all the South African athletes who will be competing in different athletic code all the best and carry our flag
with pride and determination to bring home more medals from the London 2012 Olympic Games. They all have our
undying support.