Kenyan athlete Gideon Kipngetich and local star Glenrose Xaba demolished the elite fields on Tuesday, charging to impressive victories at the fifth and final leg of the Absa Run Your City 10km series in Joburg. Kipngetich, who had finished second in his debut on South African roads at the Run Your City Race in Tshwane…
Entries will open for next year’s Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon on Monday, 30 September, organisers have announced. The entry window for South Africans will open at 1pm on 30 September and it closes at midnight on 6 October, and the process for local runners will again be a ‘lottery’ draw system. The draws will take…
South Africa’s elite road runners can look back on a memorable season. We take a look at some of the highlights achieved on the road in 2024. Glenrose Xaba (SA 42km record) Xaba has had a magnificent season, winning the national 5 000m and 10 000m titles on the track, as well as the 10km…
Glenrose Xaba continued to flaunt her spectacular form, clocking 31:22 to win the Spar Grand Prix women’s 10km race in Gqeberha on Saturday. Xaba hit the front from the start, and while she had Ethiopian athletes Diniya Abaraya and Tadu Nare on her tail for most of the race, she managed to shake them off…
Already one of South Africa’s most promising young athletes, Matodzi Ndou made an explosive statement on Wednesday by obliterating the national youth record in the 110m hurdles and running the second quickest time in history in his age group. Representing host school Curro Hazeldean in the boys’ U-17 race at the Curro Podium North track…
Akani Simbine has returned home from a lengthy and successful international season, arriving to a small group of family and friends who welcomed him back to South Africa on Tuesday morning. Looking back on a spectacular 2024 campaign, Simbine won two Diamond League races, broke his own national record to finish fourth in the Olympic…
It has been a memorable season for South African athletes on the international track and field circuit. We take a look back at five of the best performances achieved during a superb 2024 campaign. Simbine breaks SA record in Olympic final As he always does, experienced sprinter Akani Simbine delivered in spectacular fashion, retaining his…
After producing superb 2024 seasons, Akani Simbine and Prudence Sekgodiso struggled to put up a fight in the Diamond League Final in Brussels on Friday night. At the back end of a long campaign, which started for both athletes more than six months ago, neither of them were able to challenge for the Diamond League…
Africa will be well represented at the Diamond League Final, with 63 athletes from the continent competing at the top-flight season finale in Brussels on Friday and Saturday. The African contingent at the two-day meeting will be confident of securing titles in a range of events, spearheaded by five Olympic champions. ALSO READ: Prudence Sekgodiso…
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