The South African 50km & Interprovincial Race Walk Championships that usually takes place during this time of the year is making its rounds again this coming Saturday, 8 October 2016. Western Province Athletics (WPA) has been the host of these championships in recent years and with race walking on the rise in South Africa, we…
The 2016 Randburg Streetmile and 10km races that took place on Sunday 4 September 2016saw some of the country’s finest long/middle distance athletes gather battle it out over the 1.6km distance as well as a 10km race, nappy dash, doggy mile and many other festivities. The day organized by Randburg Harriers Athletics Club was a…
The athletics has kicked and in the morning session we had 3 South Africans competing at the games. First up was Rynardt van Rensburg and SA Champ Jacob Rozani in the 800m heats. Both were in very fast heats on paper, with van Rensburg lining up against world record holder David Rudisha and Rozani against…
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…
Lebogang Shange is the South African race walk champion who has almost broken every national record there is to be broken. His records on the road and track makes him one of the best race walkers ever in South Africa, however, if you meet the guy for the first time, you will see the epitome…
Ruswahl Samaai, Lebogang Shange and Lindsay Hanekom’s recent consistent world class performances seems to be overlooked and wiped under the carpet. However, we have decided to shine the spotlight on them: Lebonang Shange: finished second at the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in Maior, Portugal in another world class time of 1h21min23sec on Saturday afternoon. Earlier…