A few months before the 2012 London Olympic Games, Banyana Banyana midfielder Mamello Makhabane suffered a groin injury - so serious that she was left behind and missed out on the world's biggest sporting spectacle.
"I knew a beforehand that I was not going to London because I had missed the final preparations of the team due to the groin injury - it was very painful to me that I was not going, but at the same time I was happy for the team. I played my role to help the team qualify, but I was just unfortunate I got an injury just as we we entered the final phase of preparations for London," said Makhabane.
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