AFRICAN CHAMPS PROGRAMME
Timetable for the African Athletics Championships at Kings Park Stadium in Durban (22-26 June, 2016): Wednesday, morning session 09:00 – 100m, decathlon (men) 09:30 – 100m heats (women) 09:50 – Long...
View ArticleVAN NIEKERK WINS AGAIN IN BOSTON
Wayde van Niekerk extended his unbeaten run this season, scorching to victory in the men’s 400m race at the Adidas Boost Games in Boston on Saturday morning (SA time). The world champion clocked 44.28...
View Article25 MEDALS FOR SA JUNIORS ON DAY ONE
The SA junior team got off to a spectacular start at the Southern Region Under-20 Championships, raking in 25 medals on the opening day of competition in Lusaka, Zambia on Friday. The national squad...
View ArticleLEOTLELA QUALIFIES FOR RIO OLYMPICS
Rising teenage sprint star Gift Leotlela stole the show on Saturday, smashing his 200m personal best to qualify for the Rio Olympics. The 18-year-old athlete won the men’s 200m final in 20.47 seconds...
View ArticleSIMBINE ENDS FOURTH IN BOSTON
National record holder Akani Simbine ended fourth in the men’s 100m race in Boston on Saturday night, clocking 10.32 seconds at the inaugural Adidas Boost Games. While he was last in the four-man...
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SA OLYMPIC STARS SET FOR MONACO DIAMOND LEAGUE
South Africa’s leading Olympic medal contenders will sharpen up for next month’s Rio Games at the ninth leg of the Diamond League series in Monaco on Friday night. Caster Semenya will look to solidify...
View ArticleHOGAN BANNED, OUT OF RIO GAMES
Discus throw giant Victor Hogan has been handed a two-year suspension for an anti-doping violation. Hogan, who finished fifth at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, was left out of South Africa’s...
View ArticleHOGAN TO APPEAL DOPING SANCTION
Eager to clear his name, Victor Hogan’s legal team says the discus thrower will appeal his doping ban. While Hogan’s A and B samples tested positive for methylhexaneamine, the SA Institute for Drug...
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SEMENYA BREAKS SA RECORD IN MONACO
Caster Semenya competing at the national championships in Stellenbosch in April (photo credit: Roger Sedres/Image SA) Producing the race of her life, Caster Semenya broke her own national record on...
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VISSER LEAPS TO SEASON’S BEST
Zarck Visser took another step forward in his comeback from injury on Saturday night, winning the men’s long jump at the Night of Athletics meeting in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. The Commonwealth Games...
View ArticleTOTALSPORTS WOMEN’S RACE RESULTS
Results of the Totalsports Women’s 10km race in Durban on Sunday, 17 July 2016: Open: 1 Irvette van Zyl 33:02, 2 Lebogang Phalula 33:05, 3 Diana Lebo Phalula 33:18, 4 Christine Kalmer 34:50, 5 Jenet...
View ArticleOLYMPIC MARATHON TRIO SHINE IN DURBAN
South Africa’s Olympic marathon team dominated the Totalsports Women’s 10km race in Durban on Sunday. Irvette van Zyl, in the shape of her life this season, edged out Lebogang Phalula to secure...
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SCHEDULE, SA ATHLETES, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPS
Full programme of South African athletes competing at the IAAF World U-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland (19-23 July, 2016): Day 1 (Tuesday, 19 July) Morning session 9.35am – shot put...
View ArticleSA JUNIOR TEAM READY TO SHINE
South Africa’s most promising athletes will be eager to showcase their immense potential when they compete at the five-day World U-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland starting on Tuesday. The...
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SIMBINE SMASHES NATIONAL 100M RECORD
Akani Simbine is in fine form ahead of next month's Rio Games (photo credit: Roger Sedres/Image SA) Sprinter Akani Simbine made a statement ahead of the Rio Olympic Games, setting a new SA 100m record...
View ArticleSA JUNIORS FIGHT HARD ON DAY ONE
Some of the nation’s most promising teenage prospects put up a gallant fight on Tuesday night, though they were unable to challenge for medals on day one of the IAAF World Junior Championships in...
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MAGERMAN CHARGES TO PB IN FIRST-ROUND HEAT
Youth Olympic champion Gezelle Magerman led the way on Wednesday morning, with four South African athletes progressing beyond the opening round of their events on day two of the World U-20...
View ArticleBONUS OFFERED TO SA ATHLETES AT CAPE TOWN MARATHON
Local contenders have been given an additional boost ahead of the Cape Town Marathon in September, as they prepare to chase international stars and record times, with organisers unveiling a flatter,...
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RESULTS, DAY TWO, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPS
Results of finals on day two of the World U-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland on Wednesday (20 July, 2016): Men 100m (+0.2): 1 Noah Lyles (USA) 10.17, 2 Filippo Tortu (ITA) 10.24, 3 Mario Burke...
View ArticleVAN DYK BAGS FIRST SA MEDAL IN POLAND
Rising javelin throw star Jo-Ane van Dyk bagged South Africa’s first medal at the World U-20 Championships on Wednesday evening, launching a personal best heave of 57.32m to secure silver on the...
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