Since the likes of World Championships bronze medalist Johan Cronje and Olympic finalist Juan van Deventer achieved 1500m success on the world stage, South Africa has struggled to produce male middle distance stars who can compete at the highest level. Although there was some progress when 1500m specialists Ryan Mphahlele and Tshepo Tshite closed the gap and represented SA at the Paris Olympics, experts agree that the nation’s global achievements do not match it’s endless sup

Prudence Sekgodiso reckons she’s on her way back to her prime fitness and is eyeing another global medal at the Commonwealth Games. Sekgodiso pulled out a good performance at the inaugural SuperSport Simbine Classic on 28 April where she won a competitive women’s 1500m race. She crossed the finish line ahead of African champion, Karabo More (4:11.90) who had beaten her at the ASA Senior Track & Field Championships a week earlier and Carina Viljoen (4:17.02) who finished third

Competing in his first 10km race in SA since becoming the first South African to produce a sub 28 minute clocking on home soil in 2022, Maxime Chaumeton delivered on his top billing status when he set a new course record to win the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon 10km Peace Run in The Mother City yesterday morning (23 May). Eyeing the fastest time of 27:53 run by multiple SA record holder Adriaan Wildschutt on the same route two years ago, Chaumeton crossed the finish line in 27:42

Despite a challenging start to continental competition, South African middle distance star Karabo More is thrilled that she was able to come out tops at the CAA African Athletics Senior Championships held in Accra, Ghana between 12 to 17 May. Running in the pouring rain, More powered through the finish line in 4:15.40 to secure a tight victory over Kenya's Vivian Chebet Kiprotich who clocked 4:15.50, while Souad EL Haddad of Morocco came in third in 4:16.00. More's gold meda