Shiven Bodasing leads a very multi-faceted life: he works as an SPCA inspector, is a candidate attorney, and competes in adult figure skating.
Thando spoke to Brent and Shiven about becoming the highest technically scoring adult skater in South Africa.

His big goal: to represent South Africa at the 2026 ISU Adult Figure Skating Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany — he’d be the first South African ever in his division

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