With 10 days remaining before the qualifying window closes, a total of 23 South African athletes and four relay teams have achieved the required standards in their events for the World Athletics Championships to be held in Tokyo in September. Sprinter Bayanda Walaza (100m and 200m) and distance runner Adriaan Wildschutt (5 000m and 10…
Former world youth champion Retshidisitswe Mlenga achieved a career breakthrough on Wednesday night, becoming the 10th South African athlete to dip under 10 seconds in the 100m sprint. Mlenga won his first-round heat in 9.99 at the World Athletics Continental Tour meeting in Eisenstadt, Austria. The 25-year-old speedster went on to finish fourth in the…
Experienced sprinter Akani Simbine has booked his place in the 2025 Diamond League series final, joining compatriot Jo-Ane du Plessis among the early qualifiers for the closing leg of the top-flight international campaign. Simbine settled for fifth place in the men’s 100m race at the London leg of the series on Saturday, clocking 10.11 seconds,…
Sprinters Benjamin Richardson and Shirley Nekhubui were the best performers among a large group of 16 South African athletes who competed at World Athletics Continental Tour meetings in Europe on Tuesday night. At the Spitzen Leichtathletik track and field meeting in Lucerne, Richardson took second place in the men’s 100m sprint, clocking 10.17. Behind him,…
Middle-distance runner Prudence Sekgodiso delivered another impressive result, taking second place in the women’s 800m race at the Diamond League meeting in Eugene on Saturday night. Sekgodiso pushed eventual winner Tsige Duguma of Ethiopia all the way to the line, equalling her personal best of 1:57.16 to take the runner-up spot. Duguma narrowly held on…
Middle-distance runner Prudence Sekgodiso and javelin thrower Douw Smit led the charge for the South African contingent on Tuesday night, setting personal bests at the Golden Spike track and field meeting in Ostrava. In the women’s 800m race, Sekgodiso triumphed in 1:57.16, taking 0.10 off her career best of 1:57.26 which had been set in…
South Africa’s elite track and field stars produced a long list of impressive results on the international circuit over the last few days. The weekend opened with a bang as Tshepo Tshite broke the South African 1 500m record at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Friday night. Tshite finished ninth in 3:31.35, taking…
Middle-distance runner Tshepo Tshite ran the race of his life on Friday night, obliterating the 12-year-old South African 1 500m record at the Diamond League meeting in Paris. Tshite finished ninth in 3:31.35, shattering his personal best of 3:32.03 which he set at the Cape Milers ASA Grand Prix meeting in Cape Town in April….
Midway through the 2025 Diamond League campaign, multiple South African athletes are well placed in the standings of their disciplines, in the race for positions in the series final to be held later this season. Though most of them still have some work to do to qualify for the final, after seven legs of the…
Having enjoyed a spectacular first half to the year, despite the challenges she has faced, sprint hurdler Marione Fourie has returned home to recover after taking another knock. Fourie opened her 2025 campaign on the international indoor circuit, breaking the SA women’s 60m hurdles record by clocking 7.91 seconds at a meeting in Luxembourg in…
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