Posted on June 29, 2017
South Africa’s, Wayde van Niekerk and Clarence Munyai, probably made athletics history last night at the Golden Spike Meeting in Ostrava by becoming the first athletes of the same country to set new world bests in different categories but in the same race.
Posted on June 26, 2017
Thando Roto proved he is on track to run a second sub ten second time in the 100 metres in the next few weeks when he won the 100 metres in 10.11s on Saturday at the Bilboa-meeting in Spain.
Posted on June 23, 2017
The good news for South African athletics fans is that the world's best long jumper, Luvo Manyonga, has only sustained a slight ankle injury and is already busy with rehabilitation.
Posted on June 21, 2017
SA sprinters to finish off a podium sweep for South Africa in Slovenia on 20 June.
Posted on June 21, 2017
Rikenette Steenkamp came painstakingly closer to breaching 13 seconds in Velenje, winning her race in a time of 13.03.
Posted on June 21, 2017
Prof Martin Schwellnus, Director of the Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is the recipient of the 2017 American College of Sport Medicine (ACSM) International Clinical Scholar Award.
Posted on June 19, 2017
Luvo Manyonga and Ruswahl Samaai secured a one-two for the South African contingent on Sunday, dominating the Men's Long Jump discipline at the sixth leg of the IAAF Diamond League Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.
Posted on June 16, 2017
Rikenette Steenkamp victorious in France
Posted on June 14, 2017
Henricho Bruintjies, Emile Erasmus and Hamman Le Roux podiumed last night in Finland
Posted on June 14, 2017
Henricho Bruintjies has kind of become the forgotten sprinter of South African athletics but that might just have changed last night when he clocked a time of 10.06s in the 100 metres at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland.
Posted on June 12, 2017
By winning yesterday at the Fanny Blankers Koen Games in Hengelo Luvo Manyonga emulated the performances of Carl Lewis one of the legends of international athletics.
Posted on June 09, 2017
Whoever beats Luvo Manyonga on Sunday at the Fanny Blankers Koen Games in Hengelo on Sunday is going to win the long jump.
Posted on June 09, 2017
Akani Simbine gets another chance on Saturday to “revenge” the result of last year’s Olympic final in Rio when he lines up to race against Yohan Blake on Saturday at the JN-Racers Grand Prix-meeting at the National Stadium in Kingston.
Posted on June 09, 2017
Last night (08/06) Wenda Nel again qualified for the World Championships in London when she raced to a third place finish in the 400m-hurdles at the Diamond League in Rome. Nel’s time of 54.58s is 0.08s faster than the time she clocked on Monday in Prague. Janieve Russell (Jamaica) won in...
Posted on June 06, 2017
Wenda Nel made sure that she will represent South Africa at the World Championships in London last night when she won the 400m-hurdles in 54.66s at the Josef Odlozil Meeting in Prague.
Posted on June 05, 2017
Charné Bosman (Nedbank Running Club) might not have won the Comrades ultra-race but by finishing third she has achieved something very few athletes have managed to do. That is to finish first, second and third in consecutive races.
Posted on June 05, 2017
The international 400m-hurdles “war” will not be won by running 49 seconds and slower.
Posted on May 24, 2017
'So near and yet so far' is the dilemma which the South African 400m-hurdles champion, Wenda Nel, will face during her international campaign which starts on Saturday when she competes in the Diamond League Meeting in Eugene.
Posted on May 22, 2017
Wian Sullwald raced to a third place finish yesterday (21/05) in the French Grand Prix Series in Dunkirk.
Posted on May 22, 2017
World number 703 Alvaro Quiros just about held his nerve to beat Zander Lombard of South Africa in a play-off for his first title in six years on Sunday in Sicily.
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