George Kusche had a victorious start to his international campaign yesterday when he won the 800m at the Brussels Grand Prix-meeting in a time of 1:47.98.
The 19-year-old Tuks/HPC-athlete who is not scared to take the racing to his rivals described his race as an easy day at the office. Henrico Uys also from South Africa was fourth in a time of 1:48.67.
Justin Palframan won the 200 meters in 23.07 while Anuscha Nice finished second in the 800 metres running a time of 2:05.43.
**Wenda Nel (Tuks/HPC) seems to regain her best form. At yesterday’s Diamond League Meeting in London, she finished third in the 400m-hurdles in a time of 54.73.s. Her time is a massive improvement from last Thursday in Budapest when she ran 55.83s.
Nel was quite relieved afterwards describing her performance as the confidence booster she needed.
“I needed this as it made me realise why I am running. It is to enjoy it. I am quite excited with how strong I felt towards the end of the race, but it was not a perfect race. There are still things that I need to work on to ensure that I will be at my best for the World Championships in London.”
Janieve Russell (Jamaica) won in 54.02, and Cassandra Tate (USA) was second in 54.59s.
**Carina Horn (Tuks/HPC) had reason to be excited as well as disappointed over the weekend when she clocked 11.05s in the 100 meters at a meeting in Sotteville Les Rouen, France. It would have been a new South African record, but unfortunately, the wind from behind was blowing at 2.6 meters per second which were 0.6/ms above the legal limit.
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