Following the success of national relay teams last year, Akani Simbine believes South African athletes are starting to see the value of focusing on relay races. Last season, the SA 4x400m relay squad secured the silver medal at the World Athletics Relays in Bahamas, and the national 4x100m team – anchored by Simbine – went…
Distance runner Maxime Chaumeton showcased his superb form on Saturday, breaking his own South African 5km record in Tokyo, while sprinter Akani Simbine won again at the Diamond League meeting in Shanghai. A week after winning the national 5 000m title at the SA Senior Track and Field Championships in Potchefstroom, where he stunned SA…
Experienced sprinter Akani Simbine secured his first major global individual medal on Friday, charging to third place in the men’s 60m final on the opening day of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing. Simbine grabbed the bronze medal in 6.54 seconds, with Jeremiah Azu of Great Britain securing gold in 6.49 and Lachlan Kennedy…
Multiple national records holders and Olympic medallists turned out on Thursday at the invitational track and field meeting hosted by Hoërskool Stellenbosch on Wednesday, 5 March, to open the new ACE Trust track. Among the winners were sprint star Akani Simbine, who triumphed in the men’s 60m race in 6.57 seconds, and middle-distance specialist Prudence…
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…
Javelin thrower Jo-Ane van Dyk and experienced sprinter Akani Simbine were the big winners on Saturday night, receiving two accolades each at the Athletics South Africa Awards. Simbine was named Male Athlete of the Year and Male Track Athlete of the Year at the annual gala function held at Montecasino in Fourways, receiving deserved recognition…
Akani Simbine has returned home from a lengthy and successful international season, arriving to a small group of family and friends who welcomed him back to South Africa on Tuesday morning. Looking back on a spectacular 2024 campaign, Simbine won two Diamond League races, broke his own national record to finish fourth in the Olympic…
It has been a memorable season for South African athletes on the international track and field circuit. We take a look back at five of the best performances achieved during a superb 2024 campaign. Simbine breaks SA record in Olympic final As he always does, experienced sprinter Akani Simbine delivered in spectacular fashion, retaining his…
After producing superb 2024 seasons, Akani Simbine and Prudence Sekgodiso struggled to put up a fight in the Diamond League Final in Brussels on Friday night. At the back end of a long campaign, which started for both athletes more than six months ago, neither of them were able to challenge for the Diamond League…
Experienced sprinter Akani Simbine and rising middle-distance star Prudence Sekgodiso will hope to close out their top-flight seasons in style when they line up in the Diamond League Final in Brussels this weekend. The only South African athletes in the entry lists for the two-day event, Simbine and Sekgodiso will both compete on Friday. Simbine,…
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