“I want to be like Johan Cronje”, these are the words of 2016 SA 1500m champion Folavio Sehohle. But how did it all come to be? For this we have to go all the way back to 2013 when Sehohle finished 3rd behind Johan Cronje and Juan van Deventer with a pb time of 3:39….
In an attempt to get the attention of the ‘big guns’ of South Africa for their #FeesMustFall movement, students across the country at almost every university took a stand and achieved what almost deemed impossible. Athletics, on the other hand, has been going through a ‘dip’ in recent years which has left the sport at…
Colleen set to return to race in SA with KPMG. The KPMG Running Club has secured former South African and four time Olympian Colleen De Reuck to return to South Africa to race in the Old Mutual Two Oceans marathon and Comrades Marathon in 2016. De Reuck (51) clocked an astounding 2 hours 49 minutes…
Tshegofatso Mathopa with a “Pb” of 51.90sec in 400m hurdles My coach use to tell me that I deserve success; I don’t know, maybe he saw potential in me. But those words kept me going, says the young upcoming hurdler,“TSG the Beast”, born 1995/02/02. It all started with my grandmother telling me about the importance…
Celia Stramrood got introduced to 800m when she was about 10 years old. Although not very good at it, Celia stuck it out for 3 years for the pure instant love of the race. Her love for 800m and hard work paid off when she won the CGA champs in grade 7 for the first…
I grew up in Rustenburg at Phokeng, the Bafokeng nation in North West. That is where I spent most my life. Now known for the Bafokeng stadium build there and the strong Royal Bafokeng sprint group. I started doing athletics in 2009 when I was running at High school interhouse where I came 2nd. And…
You might not be an SA champ or compete in a Diamond League, but read this and learn how important you can be to someone else. If you are just the best in your school or you only have provincial colours, remember that there is always someone looking up to you. That person watches and…
I am Bandile Ngidi, 400m athlete from kzn (Margate) 20 years old, very passionate about athletics , been running for 5 years changing events each year, coming from a family that doesn’t like sport and believe that academics is the way forward and sport is just a distraction ,and had to lie to my parents…