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September 22, 2025

ONLY ONE MEDAL, BUT THERE ARE POSITIVES TO TAKE FROM TOKYO

The South African team finally broke the nation's medal drought at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo which came to a thrilling close on Sunday. Entering the final session of the showpiece, the SA team had no medals to show for their efforts, but the men's 4x400m relay squad - Lythe Pillay, Udeme Okon, Wayde...

September 17, 2025

TSHITE TAKES NINTH PLACE, SPRINTERS PROGRESS ON DAY FIVE

Middle-distance runner Tshepo Tshite finished ninth in a closely contested men's 1 500m final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday. Tshite, the SA record holder, completed the race in 3:35.90, with Isaac Nader of Portugal claiming the gold medal in 3:34.10. Earlier, on day five of competition in the Japanese capital,...

Sinesipho Dambile

September 17, 2025

CHASING GOLD: CAN ZAKITHI NENE WIN THE WORLD TITLE?

All eyes will be on Zakithi Nene in the men's 400m final at the World Athletics Championships on Thursday, with fans across South Africa holding their breaths and crossing their fingers in the hope that he can win the global title. Nene has had an incredible season. He stepped on the podium at three Diamond...

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September 15, 2025

TSHITE AND VAN DER WALT PROGRESS ON DAY THREE IN TOKYO

On a tough day for the South African team, Tshepo Tshite and Zeney van der Walt were the only athletes to progress beyond the qualifying rounds of their events at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan on Monday. Competing on the third day of action at the biennial showpiece, Tshite was the standout performer...

Tshepo Tshite

September 14, 2025

LEOTLELA SHINES AGAIN ON DAY TWO OF WORLD CHAMPS

National champion Gift Leotlela again produced the best performance by a South African athlete on day two of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, taking fifth place in the men's 100m final on Sunday. Leotlela, who set a personal best of 9.87 seconds in the first-round heats the day before, crossed the line in 9.95...

Adriaan Wildschutt

September 13, 2025

GIFT LEOTLELA STEALS THE SHOW FOR TEAM SA ON DAY ONE

While the national mixed 4x400m relay team did well to reach the final, sprinter Gift Leotlela was the star performer for the SA team on day one of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Saturday. In the opening round of the men's 100m sprint, national champion Leotlela and SA record holder Akani Simbine both...

Gift Leotlela

September 10, 2025

MLENGA REPLACES WALAZA IN 100M SPRINT AT WORLD CHAMPS

Rising sprint star Bayanda Walaza will not compete at the World Athletics Championships starting in Tokyo on Saturday. Walaza earned 100m and 200m gold at the World Student Games in Germany earlier this year and set a national junior 100m record of 9.94 in Zagreb in May. However, the 19-year-old athlete's ambitions at his first...

Bayanda Walaza

September 9, 2025

SCHEDULE: SA TEAM AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Schedule of South African athletes competing at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan between 13-21 September (SA times). Day One (Saturday, 13 September) Early session 1am - 35km walk women, (Jessica Groenewald) 3.55m - shot put men, qualification (Aiden Smith, Chris van Niekerk) 4.55am - 4x400m relay mixed, heats (SA team) Late session...

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September 2, 2025

BAYANDA WALAZA CLEARED TO COMPETE AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sprint sensation Bayanda Walaza will compete at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo later this month, his management team has confirmed. After getting off to a cracking start in the Diamond League final in Zurich last week, Walaza pulled up before the finish line, grabbing his left hamstring. In a clearly emotional state, he left...

Bayanda Walaza

September 1, 2025

SA TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Athletics South Africa has unveiled a 49-member national team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships to be held in Tokyo between 13-21 September. Women Shirley Nekhubui (400m) Miranda Coetzee (400m) Prudence Sekgodiso (800m) Charne du Plessis (800m) Marione Fourie (100m hurdles) Zeney van der Walt (400m hurdles) Rogail Joseph (400m hurdles) Miré Reinstorf (pole vault)...

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