Amputee Natalie Du Toit to Swim 10K in Beijing!
Natalie DU Toit, with only one leg, qualifies to swim in the Beijing 10K!
A few minutes earlier, Du Toit had touched home in fourth place in the 10km at the World Open-Water Swimming Championships, comfortably inside the top-10 finish required to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer. But as the 50 competitors emerged from the murky water after their two-hour ordeal, the fact that Du Toit remained on the pontoon by the finish was the clue that this was no ordinary story.
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