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10 Top African Athletes That Will Miss Rio Olympics

10 Top African Athletes That Will Miss Rio Olympics

Skipping Olympics Over Zika
Charl Schwartzel holds the winners trophy with wife Rosalind and daughter Olivia at the Tshwane Open, Pretoria, Feb. 14, 2016. Photo: Stuart Franklin/Getty

Charl Schwartzel

South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel joined his golfing compatriot Louis Oosthuizen in deciding to skip the Rio Olympics. Schwartzel, a former Masters champion, said he and his wife want to have more children and the risk of Zika is too great. Schwartzel and Marc Leishman of Australia are the only golfers who have said Zika is why they won’t play.