Elroy Gelant

In the Spotlight

2017 Backtrack Male Athlete of the year

[poll id=”2″] If you struggle to get your vote cast then please email your vote to adriaan@backtrack.co.za DAVID GATEBE Last year Gatebe had an amazing year. He won the Comrades marathon smashing the course record of the down run running a time of 5:18:13 breaking the 9 year old record of 5:19:49. Later he went on…

16th Jan 2017

Beyond Pro (Documentary)

Backtrack decided to take two professional athletes out of their normal environment and place them in unfamiliar teritory. Take them ‘Beyond Pro’ and see how they react. So we went for Tomtom ambassador, SA 5000m record holder and 2016 Olympian Elroy Gelant together with EC Active managing director and 2014 Paco Rabanne Invictus award runner…

1st Dec 2016

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GEORGE

The 2016 South African Cross Country Championships takes place in Pacaltsdorp, George on 10 September 2016, so I thought it would be ideal to shed some light about the place, its people and the surrounding areas. Let us get right to it: The city of George sits upon a 10km plateau between the impressive Outeniqua…

29th Aug 2016

SUB 4-MINUTE MILER TO RUN RANDBURG MILE

The Potchefstroom-based and Potch Running Project star, Jerry Motsau, will be one of athletes that will headline the Randburg Streetmile on 4 September 2016. Jerry Motsau is one of the most decorated and feared long/middle distance athletes in South Africa who boasts with personal best times of 3min36sec in the 1500m, 5min50sec in the 2000m…

23rd Aug 2016

Elroy Gelant invites Pacaltsdorp to SA XC Champs

23rd Aug 2016

Gelant 11th at first Olympics

Gelant got out decently and put himself right in the middel of the pack following the athletes at a 62 first lap. After a 2:37 first kilometer and 1300m in he found himself tracking on the shoulder of Mo Farah. With a 2:38 second kilometer and 5:15 2km in he was right next to Farah…

21st Aug 2016

Monday Motivation – Elroy Gelant

8th Aug 2016

Support our Athletes

The #SupportOurAthletes campaigne was luanched by Backtrack Sports to once again show our support to our athlete and to get the South African Celebrities behind our athletes in order to show the general public that if the celebs can support our athletes then so can they. To get more than just the athletics cummunity behind…

3rd Aug 2016

10 South African Athletes to surprise track world

Today marks ten days to the start of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games; we have thus decided to look at ten South African track stars that could surprise the world/themselves by winning a medal or making the finals in their respective events. Caster Semenya: Semenya is currently at the top of the women’s 800m world rankings after clocking…

25th Jul 2016

Get to know Elroy Gelant

Elroy Gelant needs no introduction when it comes to middle/long distance in South Africa and after recently breaking the 5000m South African record, his name is about to get even bigger. Gelant, who hails from George in the Western Cape, is a man full of smiles and his sense of humour is one to take note!…

13th Jul 2016

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