The 98th edition of the Comrades Marathon will be held between Pietermaritzburg and Durban on Sunday. We pick 10 men and 10 women who will be among the top contenders for gold medals at the 89km race. Men Tete Dijana Age: 37 Club: Nedbank Country: South Africa Gold medals: 1st (2022), 1st (2023) Piet Wiersma…
National champion Zakithi Nene was the best of the South African athletes on the international track and field circuit this weekend, setting a new world lead in the men’s 400m event. Nene stopped the clock at 43.76 seconds at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi on Saturday, becoming the second SA athlete to run under…
In-form sprinter Akani Simbine was the standout performer among a large group of South African athletes in action at the Diamond League meeting in Rabat on Sunday night. Simbine secured his third Diamond League win of the year as he stopped the clock at 9.95 seconds in the 100m sprint, remaining unbeaten this season over…
After taking another step forward in his blossoming career, Bayanda Walaza admitted he was surprised by his latest record-breaking performance. The 19-year-old sprinter won the men’s 100m race at the Boris Hanzekovic Memorial, a World Athletics Continental Tour meeting held in Zagreb on Saturday. He stopped the clock at 9.94 seconds, breaking his own national…
South Africa will be well represented at the fourth leg of the Diamond League series, with a total of 10 athletes turning out in Rabat, Morocco on Sunday (25 May). Men Akani Simbine and Shaun Maswanganyi (100m) National record holder Akani Simbine, who won the men’s 100m race at the first two legs of the…
Rising hammer throw star Phethisang Makhethe produced the best performance of her career at the weekend, breaking the South African women’s record in her specialist discipline. Competing for the University of Illinois at the Big Ten Championships in Eugene on Friday, Makhethe earned the silver medal after launching a massive 68.66m heave with her sixth…
In-form sprinter Akani Simbine delivered another superb performance on Saturday, storming to victory in the men’s 100m race at the Adidas City Games in Atlanta. Simbine won in 9.86 seconds, with the benefit of a +2.3m/s tailwind, finishing well clear of Nigeria’s Udodi Onwuzurike who finished second in 10.05. Though his time was not considered…
In the heart of South Africa, where the sun casts long shadows over open fields, a young girl once raced her father across their backyard. Those informal sprints, filled with laughter and boundless energy, marked the humble beginnings of Rume Burger’s journey into athletics. “This has always been my dream, since I was very little…
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