Posted on June 21, 2017
SA sprinters to finish off a podium sweep for South Africa in Slovenia on 20 June.
Posted on June 21, 2017
Rikenette Steenkamp came painstakingly closer to breaching 13 seconds in Velenje, winning her race in a time of 13.03.
Posted on June 19, 2017
Luvo Manyonga and Ruswahl Samaai secured a one-two for the South African contingent on Sunday, dominating the Men's Long Jump discipline at the sixth leg of the IAAF Diamond League Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.
Posted on June 16, 2017
Rikenette Steenkamp victorious in France
Posted on June 14, 2017
Henricho Bruintjies, Emile Erasmus and Hamman Le Roux podiumed last night in Finland
Posted on June 14, 2017
Henricho Bruintjies has kind of become the forgotten sprinter of South African athletics but that might just have changed last night when he clocked a time of 10.06s in the 100 metres at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland.
Posted on June 12, 2017
By winning yesterday at the Fanny Blankers Koen Games in Hengelo Luvo Manyonga emulated the performances of Carl Lewis one of the legends of international athletics.
Posted on June 09, 2017
Whoever beats Luvo Manyonga on Sunday at the Fanny Blankers Koen Games in Hengelo on Sunday is going to win the long jump.
Posted on June 09, 2017
Akani Simbine gets another chance on Saturday to “revenge” the result of last year’s Olympic final in Rio when he lines up to race against Yohan Blake on Saturday at the JN-Racers Grand Prix-meeting at the National Stadium in Kingston.
Posted on June 09, 2017
Last night (08/06) Wenda Nel again qualified for the World Championships in London when she raced to a third place finish in the 400m-hurdles at the Diamond League in Rome. Nel’s time of 54.58s is 0.08s faster than the time she clocked on Monday in Prague. Janieve Russell (Jamaica) won in...
Posted on June 06, 2017
Wenda Nel made sure that she will represent South Africa at the World Championships in London last night when she won the 400m-hurdles in 54.66s at the Josef Odlozil Meeting in Prague.
Posted on June 05, 2017
The international 400m-hurdles “war” will not be won by running 49 seconds and slower.
Posted on May 24, 2017
'So near and yet so far' is the dilemma which the South African 400m-hurdles champion, Wenda Nel, will face during her international campaign which starts on Saturday when she competes in the Diamond League Meeting in Eugene.
Posted on May 15, 2017
LJ van Zyl proved that he has got his “groove” back on Saturday (13 May) by finishing second in the 400m-hurdles at the Diamond League Meeting which took place in Shanghai.
Posted on May 15, 2017
Emile Erasmus joined a small elite group of South African sprinters yesterday (13/05) when he won the 100 metres in 10.08s at a TuksAthletics League Meeting.
Posted on May 14, 2017
Olympic silver medallist Luvo Manyonga’s star shone brightly in Shanghai on Saturday as he soared to a Diamond League long jump record.
Posted on May 11, 2017
With less than three months remaining before the qualifying window closes on July 23, a total of 49 South African athletes have achieved either the A or B standards for the IAAF World Championships in London.
Posted on May 08, 2017
Finishing third in the 400m-hurdles at the Diamond League Meeting in Doha was just the confidence booster LJ van Zyl needed before he lines up in Shanghai on Friday.
Posted on May 06, 2017
South Africa's Akani Simbine surprised a world-class sprint field, including Justin Gatlin, Asafa Powell and Andre De Grasse to claim a season-opening 100m Diamond League victory in Doha on Friday.
Posted on May 04, 2017
A fast time is certainly on the cards tomorrow night when some of the world’s top sprinters will line up to up to race in the 100 metres at the Diamond League Meeting in Doha.
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