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Sport helped Olympic long jumper beat meth addiction

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June 22, 2018 – Olympian Luvo Manyonga has spoken of the power of sport in helping him fight back from drug addiction to become long jumpworld champion. The 27-year-old South African said sport had been very important in his life, especially as it “gave him something” during the depths of his addiction to tik, a variant of methamphetamine … Manyonga was born in a township in Paarl, a city near Cape Town. As a child, he was spotted during a track and field event, and local coach Mario Smith developed his talent. In 2010, aged 19, he won gold at the World Junior Athletics Championships.

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