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Mosibodi Whitehead
Jul 28, 20243 min read
'I handled the heat' - Karabo Mailula bests quality field to win F21 Half Marathon as Mohale grabs third title in Phalaborwa
On a sweltering hot day where the mercury almost touched 30 degrees celsius, Karabo Mailula delivered the hottest performance of her...
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Mosibodi Whitehead
Jul 26, 20243 min read
'This time we are ready' - Moloi confident that ASA Athletes will win 3 or 4 Olympic medals
After returning from Tokyo 2021 without winning a single medal for the first time since readmission in 1992, the athletics section of the...
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Mosibodi Whitehead
Jul 25, 20243 min read
'We've never had a competition which goes to every single province' - New schools Track and Field Series coming in 2025
After a bitter boardroom battle culminating in the suspension of the South African Schools Athletics (SASA) board in January 2020,...
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Mosibodi Whitehead
Jul 23, 20242 min read
'I like to run fast, flat races' - Tadu Nare looks for fast time at Cape Town leg of Totalsports Womens Race
Two weeks before she broke Elana Meyer's 23-year-old SA 10km Record, Glenrose Xaba produced the second fastest time of her career when...
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Thathe Msimango
Jul 22, 20242 min read
Kavanagh returns from injury with podium finish at KZNA 5km Champs
After spending a couple of months injured, South African road-running starlet Tayla Kavanagh made a strong comeback when she clocked a...
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Mosibodi Whitehead
Jul 22, 20243 min read
'We've got to make it worthwhile for elite SA women to continue with running' - Absa RYC pays R430 000 in incentives as Xaba cashes in for new SA Record
Two months before Glenrose Xaba celebrated her sixth birthday, a national running icon set a benchmark that would go on to define Xaba’s...
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Thathe Msimango
Jul 21, 20242 min read
Molahloe outsprints Kavanagh to grab KZNA 5km title as Kubheka wins men's race
Rising star Ntsoaki Molahloe continued with her great 2024 form when she clocked an impressive 16:33 to grab the KwaZulu-Natal Athletics...
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Thathe Msimango
Jul 18, 20243 min read
'I'm happy with the progress' - Nadeel Wildschutt reflects on new Boland 10km record and magical 2024
Over a period of 14 months, South African track sensation Adriaan Wildschutt has been in tremendous form, grabbing the limelight as the...
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Mosibodi Whitehead
Jul 17, 20242 min read
'I have not accepted anything' - Adams runs 21.31 and will continue with legal action after ASA Olympic snub
After initially including him then removing his name from the Olympic team because of a lack of fitness, Athletics South Africa (ASA)...
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Mosibodi Whitehead
Jul 16, 20243 min read
'Age doesn’t matter. If God gives you a gift, it’s yours" - Teenager Bayanda Walaza ready for Olympic debut
In many ways, being selected for an Olympic team is all about timing. Being at the right place at the right time, which in athletics...
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Mosibodi Whitehead
Jul 15, 20242 min read
Sub 10 and sub 20 for Richardson as Nkoana runs 10.03 to boost SA's 4x100m Olympic relay medal hopes
South Africa's hopes for a very first 4x100m men's relay Olympic medal got a huge boost last night when reigning SA 200m champion...
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Thathe Msimango
Jul 12, 20242 min read
'I'm happy' - Kabelo Mulaudzi looks to Absa TSHWANE 10K after going sub 28 again in Durban
South African Middle-distance starlet Kabelo Mulaudzi is delighted to have come away with a lifetime best time of 27:53 from the Absa RUN...
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Mosibodi Whitehead
Jul 11, 20243 min read
'It is important for us to show them that they have done well before they even go' - CGA celebrate Olympians
"I'm just going to be myself." Those were Ryan Mphahalele's words when asked about his expectations for his first Olympic Games. The man...
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Phumlani Nkosi
Jul 10, 20243 min read
'This can only be God' - Nyahora upbeat about second Olympic appearance at #Paris2024
Zimbabwean long-distance runner Rutendo Nyahora is excited about the second half of the 2024 season, as she gears up for the 2024 Paris...
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Mosibodi Whitehead
Jul 8, 20242 min read
'There's a little bit of hope that I'll get to the final' - Marioné Fourie breaks her own SA 100mH Record
Marioné Fourie underlined her status as the best 100m hurdler in the land when she broke her own South African record in the Netherlands...
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Thathe Msimango
Jul 8, 20242 min read
'There is no time to relax' - Glenrose Xaba reflects on new SA 10km Record and shares future plans
In what has already been a wonderful season, Glenrose Xaba took to another level when she ran a scintillating 31:12 to break the...
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Thathe Msimango
Jul 7, 20243 min read
Records tumble as Gelant and Njoki win Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K
South African long distance sensation Elroy Gelant put on a tactical masterclass on his way to setting a new lifetime best time of 27: 47...
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Thathe Msimango
Jul 6, 20243 min read
'I'm praying for good weather' - Gelant to wrap up Olympic preparations at Absa DURBAN 10K
Legendary South African distance runner Elroy Gelant plans to use tomorrow’s Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K as a crucial step in...
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Mosibodi Whitehead
Jul 5, 20242 min read
New finish at Nasrec and new technical sponsor Joma - All you need to know about 2024 Africanbank Soweto Marathon
Despite a number of successes that were celebrated during the 2023 edition of the race, organisers of the Africanbank Soweto Marathon...
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Thathe Msimango
Jul 4, 20242 min read
'My biggest dream remains to dip under 28 minutes' - Mkhwanazi aims to go faster at Absa DURBAN 10K
After announcing himself as one of South Africa's fastest 10km athletes, Bongelani Mkhwanazi says the Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K is...
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