Hannah Pearse was the final addition to the Commonwealth Games qualifying list on the last day of the Bombela Concession Company SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha on Saturday.
The 23-year-old couldn’t hold back her tears after sailing to victory in the 200m backstroke in a time of 2 minutes 10.92 seconds to take a step closer to achieving her ambition of competing at the Commonwealth Games, which take place in Glasgow in July/August.
“It’s surreal. It’s a big dream, so I can’t believe the dream finally came true,” said the neurophysiology honours student after the race.
“I knew I had it in me, but I wasn’t sure. It’s been a rough year with lots of ups and downs. So the belief was…
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