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…
Results of the 2025 Comrades Marathon, a 90km ‘down’ run held between Pietermaritzburg and Durban. Men Open 1 Tete Dijana (South Africa) 5:25:28 2 Piet Wiersma (Netherlands) 5:25:33 3 Nikolai Volkov (Russia) 5:29:42 4 Edward Mothibi (South Africa) 5:31:41 5 Joseph Manyedi (South Africa) 5:32:09 6 Alex Milne (Great Britain) 5:34:08 7 David Gatebe (South…
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…
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