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South Africa's multiracial rugby sevens team huddled in the middle of the stadium named after Nelson Mandela. It was all a reflection of Mandela's vision for sports in his country. In the stands at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday, blacks and whites waved their country's colorful flag and loudly cheered scores by the dreadlocked Cecil Afrika and the team's blond captain, Kyle Brown. ''It's a real honor and privilege to be a South African today,'' Brown said, apologizing that he wasn't able to give, as he saw it, a more poetic tribute to the former president, who died Thursday at 95.
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