#TuksSport: Tuks athletes set to continue with a proud legacy at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Posted on July 05, 2021

Judging by the results, they are succeeding. So far, 24 Tuks athletes and five coaches and one referee have been selected to represent South Africa at the Tokyo Games. At least three more athletes and one coach could be named next week when the final team selection is announced.

#TuksSportHigh: Michaela Whitebooi is only the third South Africa female judoka to compete at the Olympic Games

Posted on July 05, 2021

17 years. That is how long it has been since a South African female judoka competed at the Olympic Games but it is about to change when Michaela Whitebooi steps onto the mats in Tokyo on 24 July. She is only the third female South African judoka who will be in action at the Tokyo 2020...

#TuksAthletics: Tlotliso Gift Leotlela and Blignaut impress in Poland

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...

#TuksSport: Tlotliso Gift Leotlela ran his first international 100m victory of the season in Madrid, Spain

Posted on June 22, 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...

#TuksJudo: Charné Griesel, Donné Breytenbach and Michaela Whitebooi are competing at the World Judo Champs in Budapest

Posted on June 06, 2021

To win two fights will be Michaela Whitebooi's challenge from Sunday, 6 June when she competes at the 2021 World Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary. If she does, it is a near done deal that the Tuks judoka will compete at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Nikola Filipov (TuksJudo head coach)...

#TuksSportHigh: Gift Leotlela and Clarence Munyai win gold at the World Relay Championships in Poland

Posted on May 05, 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, TuksSport High School matriculants &...

#TuksSwimming: Penny Heyns backs Tatjana Schoenmaker to medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games

Posted on April 17, 2021

21 years. That is how long it has been since a South African female swimmer medalled at an Olympic Games. But this statistic is about to change. Penny Heyns is banking on the Tuks swimmer, Tatjana Schoenmaker, to break the "jinx" in Tokyo. "I am impressed by Tatjana's recent performances....

#TuksSportHigh: Benjamin Richardson of TuksAthletics Academy, sprints to 100m and 200m gold at the 2021 ASA Track & Field Age Group Champs

Posted on April 16, 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 &...