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'It's important for a coach to travel with his athlete especially when she's a medal contender' - SA World Indoor Championships success explained
After becoming the first South African woman to break two minutes for 800m indoors, Prudence Sekgodišo went into the 2025 World Indoor...
Mosibodi Whitehead
Mar 253 min read
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'I don't have any regrets' - Olympic shot put thrower Jason van Rooyen calls time on his career amid lack of funding
Olympian and shot-put star Jason van Rooyen will mostly miss the atmosphere. The noise from cheering fans gave him goosebumps every time...
Lebohang Pita
Feb 202 min read
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'I have very good support from my parents' - The secret to Jo-Ané van Dyk's Olympic silver medal success
At 26 years old most young women are beginning their lives in earnest - planning weddings, making career advancements or perhaps...
Mosibodi Whitehead
Aug 12, 20243 min read
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'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...
Mosibodi Whitehead
Jul 11, 20243 min read
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'SPAR is always special to me' - Irvette van Zyl to fine tune Olympic prep at SPAR WOMEN’S DURBAN CHALLENGE
With #Paris2024 set to get underway in just over a month's time, Irvette van Zyl is putting the finishing touches to her Olympic...
Mosibodi Whitehead
Jun 21, 20243 min read
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Gelant qualifies for Olympics on World Rankings and targets another sub 28 at Absa DURBAN 10K
Moments after winning the Nelson Mandela Bay Half Marathon on Sunday, Elroy Gelant announced that his mercurial performances over the...
Mosibodi Whitehead
Jun 5, 20243 min read
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van Dyk shines as SA Athletes win 13 medals (7 Gold) at All African Games
With less than 125 days to go until the Olympic Games kick off in Paris, South Africa’s top runners are showing all the right signs that...
Mosibodi Whitehead
Mar 25, 20242 min read
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Sepeng group on fire as Haingura closes in on Olympic Qualification at ASA Grand Prix
After Prudence Sekgodišo announced her intentions for the year ahead by qualifying for the Olympic Games in the first week of March,...
Mosibodi Whitehead
Mar 18, 20242 min read
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'I had a long break' - Gerda Steyn bounces back from Comrades with SA Record in Valencia
Gerda Steyn underlined her status as South Africa’s best marathon athlete of her generation when she broke her own national record at the...
Mosibodi Whitehead
Dec 4, 20232 min read
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'I told myself that this year I want to work hard' - Breakthrough run for Makatisi at SPAR Gqeberha
While the race was dominated by the return of defending Grand Prix champion Tadu Nare who missed the first race in Cape Town, Saturday's...
Mosibodi Whitehead
May 29, 20232 min read
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'Schools athletics in good shape' - ASA and SASA celebrate success at U18 & U20 African Champs
That South Africa failed to obtain an athletics medal at #Tokyo2021 for this first time in the country’s post-Apartheid Olympic history,...
Mosibodi Whitehead
May 5, 20232 min read
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Gerda Steyn ready for New York Marathon as she keeps one eye on Comrades on 11 June 2023
With the date for the 2023 Comrades Marathon confirmed to take place in June again for the first time since 2019, there is much...
Mosibodi Whitehead
Nov 2, 20223 min read
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Dibaba to run Absa RYC Cape Town 10k as Daniel Ebenyo arrives to defend his title
Like a soldier readying himself for battle, Daniel Simui Ebenyo was a picture of focus when he walked into the SunSquare hotel in the...
Mosibodi Whitehead
May 14, 20222 min read
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'The speed is still there!' - Gelant to use Absa RYC as part of training to run new SA 5000m record
Elroy Gelant has revealed that he is unlikely to run a marathon again in a while. The man who was the only South African man to finish...
Mosibodi Whitehead
May 6, 20223 min read
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"Nothing has changed. Akani hasn't changed." - Simbine ready to defend national 100m title today
Despite a sluggish start to the season that saw him beaten by Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala at last week's ASA Grand Prix Series Meet in...
Mosibodi Whitehead
Apr 21, 20222 min read
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Steyn to donate Totalsports Two Oceans course record bonus to athletics development programmes
South African road running queen Gerda Steyn claimed a record-breaking third consecutive Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon title in Cape...
Thathe Msimango
Apr 17, 20222 min read
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"I want to defend my Two Oceans title" - Gelant ready to face Mokoka and Mokgobu in TOM 21km
After being the only South African man to finish last year's Olympic Marathon (2:16:43), Elroy Gelant says he wants to focus on the...
Mosibodi Whitehead
Apr 12, 20222 min read
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"I was overweight," KZNA champ Anaso Jobodwana reflects on 2021, says 2022 will be great!
It's hard to believe that it's been almost ten years since Anaso Jobodwana gave Usain Bolt that cheeky smile on his way to becoming South...
Mosibodi Whitehead
Mar 14, 20222 min read
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More depth needed to produce world class female athletes as Nel dominates U19 400m hurdles
The lack of top class female performers in both the junior and senior ranks in South African athletics is a cause for serious concerns...
Mosibodi Whitehead
Feb 23, 20223 min read
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Steyn joins Adidas as new Brand Ambassador
South Africa's most loved marathon athlete has swapped Nike for Adidas. After beginning her relationship with the swoosh brand when she...
Mosibodi Whitehead
Feb 15, 20222 min read
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