South African athlete Raynard Tissink swam, cycled and ran into second place at Sunday’s 2006 Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa competition, held in Nelson Mandela Bay. Belgium’s Gerardus Schellens took top honours in the triathlon that comprised a 3,8km swim across the bay, 180km of cycling and a 42,2km full marathon.
Rafael Nadal’s mum, Ana Maria, had other things on her mind on the Sunday that her 19-year-old son was playing in the French Open final. ”I watch him on court and the way he behaves is the way he behaves in life — all heart, very responsible, hard-working and much more mature than most boys his age. But he is very untidy and disorganised.”