Semenya sets new World 600m best time in Berlin
Caster Semenya on Sunday sets a new world best time over the women’s 600m distance at the penultimate leg of the IAAF World Challenge series in Berlin, Germany.
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Caster Semenya on Sunday sets a new world best time over the women’s 600m distance at the penultimate leg of the IAAF World Challenge series in Berlin, Germany.
Continue readingLuvo Manyonga and Caster Semenya added the 2017 IAAF Diamond League series crowns to the world titles they recently won in London on Thursday evening.
Continue readingCaster Semenya wins the women’s 800m gold in 1:55.16, setting a national record and catapulting South Africa to the third position on the medal standings, on final day of the London 2017 IAAF World Championships.
Continue readingWorld 400m record-holder, Wayde van Niekerk, says he is building his own “image and brand” and doesn’t want to be tagged as the successor to track and field greats Usain Bolt and Michael Johnson.
Continue readingSouth Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk flaunted his superb form on Tuesday night, taking the first step in his attempt at a historic double at the IAAF World Championships, London 2017.
Continue readingLong jump stars Luvo Manyonga and Ruswahl Samaai delivered in style on Saturday evening, earning two medals for the South African team during a spectacular session of Track and Field action on the second day of the IAAF World Championships in London.
Continue readingSeven South African athletes will be in action on Friday night, with the national team expected to open their campaign in style on Day 1 of the IAAF World Championships in London.
Continue readingTeam South Africa has announced its final 24-member team for the 2017 IAAF World Championships in London, taking place from 4-13 August, 2017 at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Stratford.
Continue readingCaster Semenya broke her own South African record, taking a superb victory in the Women’s 800m race at the 11th leg of the IAAF Diamond League series in Monaco on Friday.
Continue readingSouth African jumper Ruswahl Samaai emerge victorious in the men’s long jump at the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Meeting in Rabat, Morocco on Sunday 16 July.
Continue readingSouth Africa dominate the Boys 200m final with Retshidisitwe Mlenga winning Gold 21.03 (-0.7m/s), reversing position with the 100m champion teammate Tshenolo Lemao.
Continue readingSouth Africa’s Breyton Poole, standing at 1.72m, cleared a height of 2.24m to win the Boy’s high jump gold medal on Day 4 IAAF World U-18 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya.
Continue readingTshenolo Lemao led a South African 1-2 of the Boy’s 100m at the IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017 on Wednesday evening, becoming the first South African athlete to win a world title in the event.
Continue readingSouth African Athletics governing body Athletics South Africa (ASA) have announced a 22-member preliminary team for next month’s IAAF World Championships, London 2017.
Continue readingSouth Africa’s Olympic 400m champion, Wayde van Niekerk clocked the fastest time in the world in 2017 and broke the long-standing meeting record at the eighth leg of the IAAF Diamond League series in Lausanne, Switzerland on Thursday 6 June.
Continue readingAthletics South Africa concluded a successful 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the OR Tambo International Hotel, Kempton Park in Johannesburg on Saturday 17 June.
Continue readingSouth African sprinters Wayde van Niekerk and Clarence Munyai set world best times in the 300m event at the 2017 IAAF World Challenge Meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic on Wednesday 28 June.
Continue readingStephen Mokoka and Cornelia Joubert secure gold at the 2017 ASA Half-Marathon Championships at the Nelson Mandela Bay in Port Elizabeth on Saturday 24 June.
Continue readingThe South African track and field team won 24 medals at the 2017 CAA Southern Region Senior Championships held in Harare, Zimbabwe on 10 and 11 June.
Continue readingSouth Africa announced an eight-member track and field team as part of a 24-member Team SA for the IV Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau, Bahamas from 19-23 July.
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