Posted on August 03, 2024
A question that might "bowl" most sports fans might be when asked which South African coach got athletes to medal at the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Commonwealth Games and World Athletics Championships. Not many might know that the answer to this is Neil Cornelius. Under the Tuks coach's...
Posted on June 24, 2024
"Quest successful" was the WhatsApp message Edmund du Plessis sent out when he qualified in the 800 metres to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France. The UP-Tuks MBChB student finished third, running a time of 1:44.49 in Madrid. The Olympic qualifying standard is 1:44.70. Belgium's...
Posted on June 17, 2024
When Charné Swart lines up to race the 800 metres, the one sure thing is that she could be faster than the last time she ran. This past weekend, during a league meeting at Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria West, the Tuks medical student won the 800 metres in a time of 2:00.34. It is the fourth...
Posted on June 03, 2024
Edmund du Plessis is pushing to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France. This season, during the South African Senior Track & Field Championships in Pietermaritzburg, he won the 800m running at 1:44.92. It is the second consecutive time that he has won the national senior title. A...
Posted on May 20, 2024
As a rule, the long jumper, Jovan van Vuuren, does not like to make a promise he can't keep, but after his inclusion in the South African team for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, he stated that he is not going to Paris to take "selfies". "It has always been my dream to compete at the...
Posted on May 16, 2024
Tuks athletes have been carrying the flag for South Africa since 2012 at the Olympic Games, winning nine medals (4 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze) out of 19. Playing around with numbers equates to Tuks winning 47.36% of South Africa's Olympic medals at the last three Olympic Games. This trend is...
Posted on May 01, 2024
Early this week, Charné Swart established herself as one of South Africa's best female 800-metre athletes by running 2:00.71, during the Cape Milers Club/Endurocad WA Challenge Meeting in Cape Town. The Tuks student-athlete is now one of the six fastest South African female athletes in the 800...
Posted on April 24, 2024
Two University of Pretoria medical students, Edmund du Plessis proved by winning the men’s 800m final at the 2024 ASA Senior Track & Field National Championships in Pietermaritzburg, that he is ready to race against the world's best. Charné Swart won the women's 800m final in 2:01.81...
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