Posted on August 26, 2016
The Lester Mills Memorial Night Race takes place on 14 September 2016 at 18:30 at the University of Pretoria Sports Campus.
Posted on August 15, 2016
Akani Simbine, the first South African in an Olympic 100 metres final for 84 years, performed admirably.
Posted on August 15, 2016
Wenda Nel, current African and South African champion, believes the secret to performing at her best in the 400-hurdles at the Olympic Games tomorrow is to take nothing for granted.
Posted on August 14, 2016
Luvo Manyonga winning a silver medal in the long jump at the Olympic Games in Rio on Sunday morning was a 'fairy tale' come true. He jumped a personal best distance of 8,37 metres.
Posted on August 14, 2016
South Africa’s top 400-hurdlers will be hoping to continue a proud tradition set by their predecessors when they settle in their starting blocks for their respective heats on the 15 August 2016.
Posted on August 13, 2016
Luvo Manyonga had to overcome a case of ‘jitters’ before he was able to qualify for tomorrow’s Olympic long jump final in Rio.
Posted on August 11, 2016
In the history of the Olympic Games, only two South African sprinters have been able to win a medal in the 100 metres. When Akani Simbine settles down in his starting blocks in Rio this weekend, there is a strong possibility that this list will be expanded.
Posted on August 10, 2016
Despite being jobless and in debt, South African race walker Wayne Snyman is still smiling and hungrier than ever to succeed.
Posted on August 09, 2016
Carina Horn was for a long time considered an underdog in South African athletics, but with hard work and determination she has become South Africa's top female sprinter and is currently representing South Africa at the Olympic Games in Rio.
Posted on July 19, 2016
The reason why Akani Simbine (Tuks/hpc) was able to win the 100 metres in 9.89s in Budapest last night, setting a new South African record in the process, was his perfect start.
Posted on June 26, 2016
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) African Championships took place in Durban from 22 to 26 June 2016. Thirty-one athletes and three coaches from TuksAthletics were selected to represent South Africa in this prestigious event.
Posted on June 22, 2016
Carina Horn (Tuks/hpc) has been hoping to run ‘that near perfect race’ for a while now and, if she wants to have a realistic chance to medal at the African Championships in Durban, she might just be forced to run it during the next few days.
Posted on June 20, 2016
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) African Championships commenced in Durban on Wednesday, 22 June 2016. Thirty-one athletes and three coaches from TuksAthletics have been selected to participate in this prestigious event.
Posted on June 19, 2016
Gift Leotlela proved that his coach's confidence in him was justified on Saturday when he won the 200 m at the CAA Southern Region Under-20 Championships in Lusaka, running in a time of 20,47 s, which qualified him for the Olympics.
Posted on June 15, 2016
South African Champion, LJ van Zyl (Tuks/hpc) is a man on a mission. A quick glance at his results in the 400-m hurdles for the season will confirm this.
Posted on June 12, 2016
LeRoux Hamman proved that perseverance pays off when he won the 400-m hurdles in a time of 49,24 s at the BestMed-Mondo Meeting on Saturday, 13 June 2016. This race also qualified him for the Olympic Games.
Posted on June 12, 2016
With his performance of 10,01 s on 11 June 2016 at the Racers Grand Prix in Kingston, Akani Simbine (Tuks/hpc) showed that it is only a matter of time before he again runs the 100 m in under ten seconds.
Posted on June 08, 2016
The new Mondo track at TuksAthletics is said to be the fastest in South Africa. If this is the case, Carina Horn might come close to running 100 m in under 11,1 s on Saturday, 18 June 2016. She might even set a new South African record.
Posted on June 06, 2016
Thando Roto (Tuks/hpc) won the 100 m sprint at a meeting in Salamanca, Spain, on Saturday, 4 June 2016.
Posted on May 26, 2016
Carina Horn (Tuks/hpc) improved her season's best time earlier this week when she won the 100 metres in 11,18 s at the Liese Prokop Memorial in St Pölten, Austria.
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