Posted on May 07, 2020
South Africa's athletes should forget about competing this year and instead start to prepare for the 2021 season. That is the advice the TuksAthletics manager's Danie Cornelius is giving to athletes and coaches. The current coronavirus pandemic is why he is doing so.
Posted on April 30, 2020
Tuks's Gift Leotlela can honestly claim to be South African athletics forgotten sprinter, but as it said you can't "slow" a quality sprinter down forever.
Posted on April 06, 2020
South Africa's foremost athletics coaches are uncertain as to what to do in light of the coronavirus outbreak lockdown.
Posted on April 03, 2020
There are not many who at 19 can claim to be one of the fastest athletes in South Africa ever. Phatutshedzo Maswanganyi can.
Posted on April 01, 2020
All spiked up but nowhere to speed, but the garden is the dilemma the 19-year old Antoinette van der Merwe (Tuks) is finding herself due to the coronavirus lockdown.
Posted on March 26, 2020
An athlete's health does matter; that is why the South African 200m-record holder Clarence Munyai is not disappointed about the Tokyo Olympic Games being postponed until next year.
Posted on March 18, 2020
Prudence Sekgodiso might only be 18, but it does not mean she can't dream big. She has set her sights on trying to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics once the coronavirus outbreak is under control.
Posted on March 16, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak is having a severe impact on the international sports scene. Still, for now, it is business as usual for Akani Simbine (Adidas-Tuks). He is only focussed on being fast. Yesterday morning during the Gauteng North Championships at Tuks he won his 100-meter heat in a time...
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