The South African track and field season will gain momentum next week when South Africa’s fastest man, Akani Simbine, lines up over 60 metres in a Simbine Classic Shootout race to be held at Pilditch Stadium on Friday, 21 February 2025. As he looks ahead to next month’s World Athletics Indoor Championships, the experienced sprinter…
Middle-distance runners Tsepho Tshite and Prudence Sekgodiso were in record-breaking form on Thursday night, producing stellar performances at the World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting in Lievin, France. While Tshite broke the 24-year-old national mark in the men’s short track mile, Sekgodiso equalled her own SA record over the 800m distance. Records tumble in men’s mile…
By Godfrey Komane Having opened his season with a bang, reigning world junior 400m champion Udeme Okon says he’s not putting too much pressure on himself in the early stages of the 2025 campaign. Competing in his first race as a senior athlete, Okon opened his season in the men’s 300m race at the Simbine…
Superb performances were achieved across the board on Saturday, as South Africa’s junior and senior stars delivered in style at the Curro Podium Grand Final held at Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria. With the high schools event incorporating the Simbine Curro Classic Shootout, which featured invitation senior races, the sprinters were the standout performers. In the women’s…
Middle-distance star Prudence Sekgodiso took a big step forward in her maiden indoor season, shattering her own South African short track 800m record at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe in Germany on Friday night. Sekgodiso won the women’s four-lap race in 1:59.88, chopping more than two seconds off her national short track mark of 2:02.30 which…
By Godfrey Komane One of South Africa’s fastest rising middle-distance stars, Realeboga Smith is not just a talented athlete. He also has lofty ambitions off the track. A matric pupil at Curro Hazeldean, Smith is eager to shine in the junior age group this year, but he also hopes to perform academically so he can…
By Natasha Maja and Wesley Botton As accomplished as she is, 17-year-old Tumi Ramokgopa isn’t just naturally talented and physically fit. Like all world-class athletes, the rising hurdles star has made it to the top in her age group not only because she puts in the work, which she does. She’s also got the mental…
Following a memorable event last year which saw world and national records tumbling, top-flight stars are set to light up the track again when the 13th edition of the annual Simbine Curro Classic Shootout is held at Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria on Saturday, 8 February. Last year’s edition was the most explosive since the inaugural…
Opening her season in explosive fashion on Wednesday night, middle-distance runner Prudence Sekgodiso shattered the South African women’s short track 800m record. Competing in the first indoor race of her career at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting in Serbia, Sekgodiso finished fourth in 2:02.30. The 23-year-old athlete, who reached the 800m final at the Olympic Games…
On a day which included some impressive performances in the early stages of the schools athletics season, 400m runner Leendert Koekemoer stole the show by breaking the 46-second barrier at the Wildeklawer TUT Top 14 meeting in Pretoria on Wednesday. After clocking 46.38 seconds to win the national U18 title in 2023, at the age…
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