IAAF World Athletics Championships

Posted on August 21, 2015

The IAAf World Athletics Championships starts tomorrow morning, 22 August 2015, (SA time) in Beijing and we have several athletes from TuksAthletics who will be in action over the weekend.
 
On Saturday from 01:35 - 07:05, the athletics will be broadcasted on DSTV on SS5 (channel 205) to cover the morning session and then again from 11:00 - 15:30 on SS7 (channel 207) for coverage of the opening ceremony as well as the afternoon session.
 
On Sunday coverage of the morning session starts on SS7 at 02:30 - 07:00 and afternoon session's coverage will be also on SS7 from 12:10 - 15:20.
 
The coverage on Monday will start at 03:30 - 05:50 on SS6 which will cover the morning session.
 
The TuksAthletes who will be participating are (with the SA broadcast time in brackets):
 
  Saturday 22nd
  LJ van Zyl 400H heat 2 (12:43)
  Cornel Fredericks 400H heat 3 (12:51)
  Akani Simbine 100m heats (13:20)
  Henricho Bruintjies heats (13:20)
 
  Sunday 23rd
  Wenda Nel 400H heats (04:25)
  Caina Horn 100m heats (06:00)
  Orazio Cremona shot put
  400H men semi final (12:40)
  100m men semi final (13:30
  100m men final 15:15
 
  Saturday 29th
  Marc Mundell 50kn race walk
- Author Danie Cornelius

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