Posted on March 22, 2023
The 19-year-old high jumper, Brian Raats, will attempt to do what no South African athlete has been able to do over the last ten years, which is to jump 2.28 metres. Over the last few years, South Africa's senior high jumpers have yet to come up with the magic jump that will get people...
Posted on March 11, 2023
The South African long jump champion and 2022 Commonwealth Games medallist, Jovan van Vuuren's 2023 campaign, has ended without a proper lift-off. Last year, he was named the University of Pretoria Sportswoman of the Year. Early into the new season, the Tuks athlete sustained a slight tear in...
Posted on March 01, 2023
It is often said that one run can change your day, and many runs can change your life. This is undoubtedly true of the late Prof Vollie Spies. She abided by the motto that everyone was born to run. It did not matter if you did not run as efficiently or as fast as others. Just run. "Prof...
Posted on February 08, 2023
Philani Buthelezi is a man of few words, but then again, he does not have to say anything; he lets his legs do the talking. That is why the 33-year-old Murray & Roberts Running Club athlete will be one the athletes to watch on Saturday, 18 February during the 2023 Bestmed TuksRace....
Posted on February 03, 2023
One of South Africa’s athletics legends, Rikenette Steenkamp, has decided to put her spikes away for good. The Tuks athlete has undoubtedly been the "boss lady" of 100m-hurdles racing since 2010 in South Africa. In 47 local races, she has been beaten only twice in the short hurdles. It...
Posted on January 30, 2023
The 47-year-old and 2016 women’s Comrades Marathon champion, Charne Bosman, is one of the first well-known athletes to indicate that she will be running the 21.1km event of the Bestmed TuksRace on Saturday, 18 February 2023. It is no surprise. Like a bee can't resist the nectar of...
Posted on January 28, 2023
The UP-Tuks Sportsman of the Year 2022, Jovan van Vuuren, says he has kept things simple regarding his new year's resolutions as a long jumper. "Every time I line up, it will be like it is the last time I compete. I am not going to take anything for granted. A lot is at stake with the World...
Posted on January 17, 2023
Athletes wanting to run a personal best time over 21.1 or 10 kilometres should enter to race at the Bestmed Tuks Race on Sunday, 18 February 2023. The TuksRoadRunning Administrator at TuksSport, Jet Moses, is confident that athletes who have put in the hours on the road should clock fast...
Posted on January 16, 2023
Running enthusiasts of all experience levels are welcome to join this fun-filled family event. Athletes can enter the 21.1km half-marathon, the 10km or 5km races, or the 1km fun run/walk.
Posted on August 22, 2022
Since 2016, name a South African coach who has athletes medalling at the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, World Athletics Championships and the Commonwealth Games? There is a real chance that very few sports fans will know the answer to this. At the same time, it does not faze Neil Cornelius...
Posted on August 08, 2022
Jovan van Vuuren of TuksAthletics, is the fourth South African men’s long jumper to medal at the Commonwealth Games On day seven at the Birmingham2022 Commonwealth Games, Jovan van Vuuren of TuksAthletics, did something in Birmingham that few other South African men’s long jumpers...
Posted on August 07, 2022
South African hurdler, Zenéy van der Walt of TuksAthletics, picks up a bronze medal at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in England
Posted on July 13, 2022
For a while, the South African men’s long jump champion, Jovan van Vuuren, has predicted that he is ready to go "big". Maybe it will happen over the weekend during the 2022 World Athletics Champs in Oregon. It certainly has been the Tuks athlete's best season to date. He set a new...
Posted on June 16, 2022
Losing a 20km walk race by a hundredth of a second at the recent 2022 African Athletics Championships in Mauritius could be considered a setback, but the result does not faze, Wayne Snyman, as he has a definite goal. The 37-year-old and two-time South African race walking champion plans to...
Posted on June 03, 2022
TuksAthletics: Prudence Sekgodiso will make her Diamond League debut in Rabat The 20-year-old, current TuksAthletics club member, Prudence Sekgodiso (TuksSport High School matriculant & TuksAthletics Academy graduate), has done what no other South African athlete could do this season. That...
Posted on May 13, 2022
Benjamin Richardson, 18, is the South African Under-20 champion in the 100m and 200m events. During the recent South African Senior Track and Field Championships in Cape Town, he won a bronze medal in the 200 metres.
Posted on April 25, 2022
Jovan van Vuuren brilliantly executed "cometh the hour cometh the man" to win the gold medal in the men’s senior long jump at the 2022 ASA Senior Track & Field National Champs in Cape Town. On Sunday, 24 April, at the start of the last round, the Tuks student was second. Cheswill...
Posted on April 23, 2022
Getting older is seemingly not slowing Wayne Snyman down. This morning, he won the men’s 20km race walk at the 2022 ASA Senior Track & Field National Champs in Cape Town. This was for the sixth time, clinching the national title. The "Old Man" of TuksAthletics was even asked to set...
Posted on April 21, 2022
#TuksAthletics: Bradley Nkoana is the youngest to medal in the men’s senior 100m at the ASA Senior Track & Field National Champs On Thursday, 21 April, the 17-year old, Bradley Nkoana, became the youngest sprinter to win a medal in the men’s senior 100m at the ASA Senior Track...
Posted on April 19, 2022
Watching South Africa's youngest female sprint champion crowned and possibly a new record in the 100m-hurdles are two highlights that fans could look forward to during the 2022 ASA Senior Track & Field National Champs in Cape Town.
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