Posted on May 15, 2021
On 15 May 2021, Kyle Blignaut of Tuks, qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games with a winning throw of 21.21 metres in the shot put during the USSA Athletics Championships in Johannesburg.
Posted on May 13, 2021
The men's shot put has become one of the forgotten events in South African athletics, but Jason van Rooyen and Kyle Blignaut's rivalry could change this. In the past two weeks, both athletes have thrown further than 21 metres. Van Rooyen won on 29 April in Potchefstroom with a distance of...
Posted on May 09, 2021
The gold medal the South African men's 4x100m relay team won at the World Relay Championships in Poland is the start of things to come. More SA teams will medal in the future. Athletics South Africa (ASA) relay team manager, Danie Cornelius, who is the Head of Programme at TuksAthletics is the...
Posted on May 03, 2021
The South African men's 4x100m relay team dared to dream full well, knowing they will face obstacles, make mistakes and be criticised, but in the end, trust trumps all. That is why they are world champions. On Sunday, 2 May 2021, Thando Dlodlo, Gift Leotlela, Clarence Munyai and Akani Simbine...
Posted on April 28, 2021
Athletics South Africa (ASA) has recently announced a squad of 17 athletes to compete at the upcoming World Athletics Relays in Silesia, Poland on 1-2 May 2021. The selected squad will compete in the men's 4x100m and 4x400m events and the 4x400m mixed relay.
Posted on April 22, 2021
Benjamin Richardson is tall, genuinely fast but that is not all, the 18-year-old is also a double South African champion. In the past few days, the TuksSport High School learner-athlete won the under-20 men's 100m (10.41s) and 200m races (20.97s). He did so during the South African Track &...
Posted on April 22, 2021
#TuksSport: Bestmed Medical Scheme renews commitment to sport development through TuksSport sponsorship for 2021/2022 “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.” This famous quote by Vince Lombardi summarises what TuksSport is about....
Posted on April 20, 2021
The 17-year-old, Benjamin Richardson, who is a TuksSport High School learner-athlete impressed by finishing second in a time of 20.77s in the men’s 200m final. It is the first time, he competed in the South African Senior Championships. Nicholas Ferns was third in 20.83s. Wenda Nel...
Posted on April 16, 2021
Akani Simbine is still South Africa's fastest man. He proved this afternoon when he won the 100 metres in 9.99s during the South African in 9.99s. "I am happy. I came here to be South Africa's number one," the Tuks sprinter said, smiling. Running sub ten seconds at Tuks seems to become a...
Posted on April 05, 2021
The Tuks athlete, Taylon Bieldt, has steadily been getting faster without anyone really taking note, but things changed when she won the 400m-hurdles in 56.17 seconds at the Bestmed TuksAthletics Stadium.
Posted on April 03, 2021
South African race walker, Wayne Snyman of TuksAthletics, will vouch that a mere second faster can make a big difference; it was what helped him qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Posted on March 29, 2021
Running sub-ten-second times is no big deal to Akani Simbine. He can do so nine of the ten times, he races over 100 metres, but winning in 9.99s on Saturday, 27 March during the Gauteng North Championships at the Bestmed TuksAthletics Stadium was special.
Posted on March 26, 2021
One thing that is certain when Wenda Nel and Zenéy van der Walt face-off in the 400m-hurdles is that it will be an exciting race. They can't help but push each other to the limit. Tomorrow during the Gauteng North Athletics Championships at the Bestmed TuksAthletics Stadium, they will resume...
Posted on March 25, 2021
2021 has been an eventful year for the 2018 African youth 100m-hurdles champion, Kayla van den Bergh, despite her not having raced yet. The Tuks athlete has definite goals. She wants to compete at the upcoming 2021 World Student Games in China as well as the 2020 World Athletics U20...
Posted on March 23, 2021
To be the first sprinter to dip under 10 seconds over 100 metres in 2021 is at stake when Akani Simbine settles in his starting blocks during tomorrow's Avanti International Invitational-meeting in Roodepoort.
Posted on March 18, 2021
The Tuks long jumper, Jovan van Vuuren, can undoubtedly relate to the lyrics of Bob Dylan's famous song "Blow in in the wind". So far, he has competed twice this season. The first time at Tuks, he jumped 7.97m and recently in Potchefstroom 8.07m. Result wise it should have been the third and...
Posted on March 11, 2021
Luxolo Adams of TuksAthletics, could well be South Africa's next sprinter to dip under 10 seconds in the 100 metres event. Recently, in Potchefstroom, he won in a time of 10.07. It means unofficially, he is now one of the fastest local sprinters in the short sprint. Only 10 athletes had been...
Posted on February 23, 2021
TuksSport High School Class of 2020’ has achieved a 98.2% matric pass rate. It is the first time the school reaches an 89% bachelor pass rate. In total, the learners achieved 73 distinctions.
Posted on February 22, 2021
South Africa's 4x100m relay athletes are, for certain, one team with one goal. It became abundantly clear during their first training camp on Saturday at the Bestmed TuksAthletics Stadium.
Posted on February 12, 2021
Six years ago a shy 19-year old from Graaff Reinet, caused quite a stir when he stopped the clock running 45.42s over 400-metres in Potchefstroom. It was believed in 2015 that Berend Koekemoer was a future champion in the making. Things did not quite work out as he had hoped. He quitted...
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