Posted on July 31, 2021
Akani Simbine can medal in the 100 metres during the Tokyo Olympic Games. So believes Matthew Quinn, a 2001 World Championship relay gold medallist. His confidence in Simbine's abilities sprouts from the Tuks based sprinter's last two races. "For me, Akani is definitely in the mix to a...
Posted on July 24, 2021
A total of 25 athletes from the University of Pretoria (UP) and six alumni are participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics from Saturday. In addition to the competing athletes, eight TuksSport coaches will be in Tokyo to provide advice to the athletes, along with a Tuks referee to ensure the...
Posted on July 04, 2021
Which South African female athlete has won three national titles in 2021 and nearly set a national record is a question few sport fans might know the answer to. The honour befalls the 19-year-old, Marione Fourie. Don't try and do an internet search to try and find out more about her heroics....
Posted on July 02, 2021
Sub ten seconds over 100 metres and not just a sub ten. A good sub ten is the challenge that awaits Akani Simbine when he races next week in Europe. The Tuks based sprinter is competing in Hungary on Tuesday. However, Friday's Monaco Diamond League Meeting is going to be the big one. "As...
Posted on July 01, 2021
Rikenette Steenkamp proved that you cannot keep a good woman down when she won the women’s 100m-hurdles in a time of 13.23s during the recent AGN League 5 Championship at the Bestmed TuksAthletics Stadium.
Posted on July 01, 2021
Tlotliso Gift Leotlela (TuksSport High School matriculant), proved that winning is addictive when he won the 100 metres in 10.24s in Bydgoszcz, Poland, last night. It is the Tuks Olympian sprinter's second victory in nine days. He also won last week in Madrid. If Leotlela can have one wish...
Posted on June 22, 2021
Challenging the stopwatch has become the norm to Wayne Snyman. It is what you do if you are an Olympian wanting to beat the world's best. However, the Tuks race walker realises that being fast during training and doing so while racing is not the same thing. That is why he competed at the 2021...
Posted on June 21, 2021
Tlotliso Gift Leotlela notched up his first international win of the season when he won the 100m with a time of 10.15 seconds at the Meeting Madrid held at the Estadio de Vallehermoso in Madrid, Spain on 19 June 2021. The Tuks athlete describes it as the confidence booster he needed. "It...
Posted on June 20, 2021
Koos van der Merwe, one of the legends of South African athletics, sadly passed away at the beginning of this month. He was 65. He will be remembered as someone who lived life to its fullest until he was diagnosed with dementia.
Posted on June 11, 2021
Akani Simbine notched up his fourth 100-metre victory in the Diamond League by running 10.08s in Florence on Thursday, 10 June 2021. The Tuks based sprinter did not have the best of starts, but once he got into his rhythm and reach his top-end speed, there was no stopping him. He outsprinted...
Posted on June 07, 2021
On Sunday, 6 June, the South African 400m-hurdles champion, Wenda Nel, impressed in Hengelo when she ran 55.25s, finishing third at the FBK Games. The Tuks athlete's time is again faster than the Olympic qualifying standard. Femke Bol (Netherlands) won in 54.33s, with Anna Ryzhykova (Ukraine)...
Posted on May 27, 2021
The South African 100m champion, Akani Simbine of TuksAthletics, will start his build-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games on 10 June 2021 when he competes in the Wanda Rome/Florence Diamond League in Italy.
Posted on May 16, 2021
Kyle Blignaut of Tuks, has qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games with a winning throw of 21.21 metres in the men’s shot-put during the 2021 USSA Athletics Championships in Johannesburg. The "Big Man" is in terrific form. Since the 2021 South African Senior National Championships at Tuks,...
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....
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