New York Times (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Natalie Du Toit, who finished 16th in the Olympics in the 10-kilometer open-water swim, and set a record for her disibility class in the 200-meter individual medley.
Cape Times (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
If Natalie du Toit has been the pearl of the pool here these past three days, then Oscar Pistorius has become the titan of the track after winning the 100-metre sprint - the blue riband event of the Paralympics - in the most dramatic fashion yesterday.
22dropout.com (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Sports staff NATALIE du Toit won her second gold medal at the Paralympics yesterday , but she wasn’t the only South African to do so. Charl Bouwer was on the podium shortly before Du Toit, having won the men’s 400m freestyle in 4min 14.02sec, a world record. Philippa Johnson also won in an equestrian event yesterday, adding [...]
22dropout.com (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
NATALIE du Toit starred on the opening day of the Paralympics in Beijing, breaking two world records and winning her first gold medal. Yesterday , she shaved almost half-a-second off her previous world mark in the 100m butterfly during the heats, then she set another world mark of 1min 6.74sec for the event in winning the [...]
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Natalie Du Toit opened the Beijing Paralympics on Sunday with a gold medal, which may help her forget a disappointing Beijing Olympics.
22dropout.com (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
By John Weaver Britain took an early lead in the Paralympics medal table as Olympian Natalie du Toit starred and Chinese officials played down an embarrassing security breach at the glittering opening ceremony. South Africa's Du Toit, who finished 16th in the Olympics women's 10 kilometres swim, shaved almost half-a-second off her previous mark in the 100m [...]
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Swimmer Natalie du Toit led the South African team into the National Stadium in Beijing on Saturday, becoming the first person to carry a country's flag at the opening ceremonies of both the Olympics and Paralympics. The 24-year-old amputee lost her lower...
Cape Argus (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
When Natalie du Toit led the South African Paralympic team into Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium yesterday, she became the first person in the world to carry a country's flag at the opening ceremony of both the Olympics and Paralympics.
Herald (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Beijing – Swimmer Natalie du Toit will make history when she leads the South African Paralympic team as the official flag bearer at the opening of the Beijing Paralympics tomorrow.
Shanghaiist (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
THE HEROES: Natalie Du Toit : This 24 year old South African swimmer became the first female amputee swimmer ever to qualify for the Olympics, and placed a very commendable 16th in a field of 24 in the 10,000m swim. Du Toit first started competing internationally at the age of 14, but in 2001, her left leg was amputated at the knee after a car accident. The traumatic experience not only did not stop...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
A FRENZIED, tactless media scrum pursued Natalie du Toit relentlessly after her history making 10km open-water swim at the Beijing Olympics yesterday, showing scant regard for her exhaustion or the fact that they were hounding her as she struggled on uneven ground with her prosthetic leg.
IOL (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
An hour after she had made history at the Beijing Olympics, tears welled up in Natalie du Toit's eyes as she spoke of how much it meant to her to take part.
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
[Image via AP.] Natalie du Toit, of South Africa, center, removes her prosthetic leg before the start of the women's marathon swimming during the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Star (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
The thin Chinese boy with the big spectacles was very sorry. Natalie du Toit would be along in a moment to attend the special press conference set up for the other swimming icon at the Beijing Olympics, the one who is not Michael Phelps.
