Udeme Okon is such a phenomenally talented athlete he is already being compared to one of South Africa’s all-time greats on the track. And the comparisons between Okon and 400m world record holder Wayde van Niekerk are not only valid, but they offer some idea of what we can expect from the 19-year-old sprinter. While…
Looking back on what has been perhaps the best season ever produced by a South African junior athlete, Bayanda Walaza says he won’t be changing any more than he needs to next year. After securing a 4x100m relay silver medal at the recent Olympic Games in Paris, 18-year-old matric student Walaza went on to wrap…
Closing out a superb campaign in spectacular fashion, the South African team bagged two more medals on the fifth and final day of the World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in the early hours of Sunday morning. The national men’s 4x400m relay quartet earned silver and 400m hurdler Hannah van Niekerk bagged bronze, lifting the…
Wrapping up a spectacular season, junior sprint sensation Bayanda Walaza delivered a historic performance in the early hours of Saturday morning (SA time), raking in South Africa’s fifth medal at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Peru. Walaza, who won gold in the 100m event two days earlier, added the 200m title by storming to…
South Africa continued to climb the medals table on Thursday, with sprinter Udeme Okon storming to gold in the men’s 400m final at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru. Having focussed on athletics for the first time this season, Okon was rewarded for his efforts as he claimed a convincing victory in 45.69 seconds….
Bayanda Walaza and Bradley Nkoana lived up to the hype in the early hours of Thursday morning, wrapping up an impressive podium double on day two of the World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru. Walaza and Nkoana, who earned relay silver medals in the 4x100m relay at the recent Olympic Games in Paris, shone…
The South African team enjoyed a spectacular start to the World Athletics U20 Championships on Tuesday, with multiple athletes delivering memorable performances on the opening day of competition in Lima, Peru. After launching a personal best of 20.01m in the qualifying round of the men’s shot put, JL van Rensburg went even bigger in the…
South African athletes will be targeting multiple podium places over the next week, as they prepare to open their campaign on Tuesday at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru. A squad of 44 athletes (26 men and 18 women) left on Saturday, and they will be confident of putting up a fight against…
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