Nene settles for second in Rome – Diamond League
South Africa’s Zakithi Nene delivered another impressive performance, taking second position in the men’s 400m at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea in Rome on Friday.
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South Africa’s Zakithi Nene delivered another impressive performance, taking second position in the men’s 400m at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea in Rome on Friday.
James Moloi has been reelected as President of Athletics South Africa (ASA) for another four-year term.
Zakithi Nene clocked a world-leading 43.76 in 400m, Ethan Katzberg threw 82.73m in hammer, while Lachlan Kennedy shocked Bayanda Walaza and Ferdinand Omanyala in men’s 100m at 2025 Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi.
Akani Simbine, Zakithi Nene and Prudence Sekgodiso stood out in performance from a group of South African athletes in action at the Wanda Diamond League in Rabat, Morocco on Sunday.
Bayanda Walaza and Jessica Groenewald set new South African records on Saturday – one on Cape Town roads and another on the tracks in Zagreb, Croatia.
Phethisang Makhethe walked away with a silver medal and South African record of 68.66m in the women’s hammer throw at the 2025 Big Ten Outdoor Championships on Friday.
South Africa sets two national records and topped the medal standings at the conclusion of the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 on Sunday.
South Africa impress with new national record in women’s 4x400m and world lead in men’s 4x100m on the first day of competition at the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25 on Saturday.
Athletics South Africa announce a 70-member squad for the CAA African U18 and U20 Championships in Abeokuta, Nigeria from 16-20 July 2025.
A total of 19 athletes have been included in the South African team for the World Athletics Relays, Guangzhou 25 from 10-11 May 2025.
A total of eight athletes achieved qualifying standards at the 2025 ASA Senior Championships for the Tokyo 25 World Athletics Championships to be held in September, five of which qualified for the first time.
Zakithi Nene, Colette Uys, and Prudence Sekgodiso excelled on the final day of the 2025 ASA Senior Championships at NWU McArthur Stadium in Potchefstroom on Saturday.
Sabelo Dhlamini and Zeney Geldenhuys dominated the 400m hurdles finals on Day 2 of the ASA Senior Track and Field Championships + Relays and Multi Events at NWU McArthur Stadium, Potchefstroom.
Gift Leotlela and Joviale Mbisha won the national 100m titles at ASA Senior Track Championships 2025 at NWU Stadium in Potchefstroom.
South African Adriaan Wildschutt sets a new national 10km record, stopping the clock at 27:28, at the Absa Run Your City event in Gqeberha on Sunday.
South African Akani Simbine clocked a world-leading 9.90 seconds to surpass Ferdinand Omanyala at the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix in Gaborone on Saturday.
South Africa will be well represented with 36 athletes included in the provisional entry lists for the Botswana Golden Grand Prix in Gaborone on Saturday.
Prudence Sekgodiso breaks the South African record to win the women’s 800m gold in 1:58.40 ahead of Ethiopian Nigist Getachew, silver in 1:59.63, at the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 25.
South African Akani Simbine secured a bronze medal in the 60m final at the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 25, marking his first individual global medal.
Bayanda Walaza and emerging hurdles talent Tumi Ramokgopa starred, as sprinting prodigies set new South African U20 records at the ASA Grand Prix 2 event at UJ Stadium in Johannesburg on Wednesday night.
Leandri Holtzhausen produced an impressive heave of 67.95m to win the women’s hammer throw and the national women’s 4x400m relay team broke the nine-year-old SA record over four laps.
Prudence Sekgodiso smashes her SA indoor national record again, this time, clocking 1:59.88 to win the women’s 800m at the INIT Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe – a World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Germany on Friday.
Prudence Sekgodiso smashes the South African women’s short track 800m national record with 2:02.30 at the 2025 World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Belgrade, Serbia.
World U20 100m champion, Bayanda Walaza of South Africa clinched victory in the men’s 200m on Friday, adding to his 100m title from earlier in the week.
On the second day of the 20th World Athletics U20 Championships Lima 24, Bayanda Walaza of South Africa emerged victorious in the men’s 100m final on Wednesday. Walaza clinched the…
South Africa’s Jacques Freitag, who won the world high jump title in 2003, has died of multiple gunshot wounds at the age of 42.
Team South Africa dominated the medals table at the 23rd CAA African Athletics Senior Championships in Douala, Cameroon.
Glenrose Xaba stole the show as the ASA Senior Track and Field, Combined Events and Relays Championships opened in explosive fashion at the Msunduzi Athletics Stadium in Pietermaritzburg.
Multiple national bests were shattered in the U16 age group, as the ASA U16, U18, U20 and U23 Championships opened at Pilditch Stadium in Tshwane.
All eyes will be on junior star Viwe Jingqi in the women’s 200m after recovering from injury niggles that hampered her 2023 season.
Athletics South Africa is thrilled to learn of the European Court of Human Rights declaration that the imposition of the DSD regulations on Caster Semenya was discriminatory and a violation of her human rights.
Taylon Bieldt scorched to a convincing victory in 12.76 secs to break the South African record in the women’s 100m hurdles at a meeting in Campo Scuola, Italy.
Thabang Mosiako and Glenrose Xaba claim the national men’s and women’s titles at the 2023 ASA Half-Marathon Championships in Gqeberha.
South African newly minted record setter Leandri Geel turns her focus on to ASA Grand Prix 3 at the NWU MacArthur Athletics Stadium in Potchefstroom on Wednesday 26 April 2023.
Precious Mashele smashes the South African 10km record, taking second place against a strong field at the Absa Run Your City race in Gqeberha.
Wayde van Niekerk and Leandri Geel impress as the three-day ASA Senior Track & Field Championships closed with a bang in Potchefstroom on Saturday.
Akani Simbine and Carina Horn win their fifth national titles in the men’s and women’s 100m finals on Day 1 of the ASA Senior Track and Field Championships in Potchefstroom.
Karriem Abduraghmaan and Kayla Murray charge to victory in the junior men’s and women’s 100m finals on Day 1 of ASA U16, U18 and U20 Track and Field Championships in Pietermaritzburg.
Mbuleli Mathanga and Glenrose Xaba delivered in style to win the national senior titles at the ASA Cross Country Championships in Rustenburg on Saturday.
Glenrose Xaba and Andries Sesedi secure the South African women’s and men’s titles, respectively at the 2022 ASA 10km Championships at Pilditch Stadium, Tshwane.
Mine de Klerk and Benjamin Richardson lead 47-member strong South African team to the World Athletics U20 Championships taking place in Cali, Colombia from 1-6 August, 2022.
South African Athletics team return with 36 medals from the 22nd CAA African Senior Championships in Mauritius on Tuesday.
Melikhaya Frans and Glenrose Xaba emerge victorious in the men’s and women’s races at the ASA Half-Marathon Championships 2022 in Gqeberha, South Africa on Saturday.
Akani Simbine will lead an 89-member strong SA team, which also features World and Olympic champion Caster Semenya, to the 22nd CAA African Championships in Mauritius next month.
Following her world title win in 2009, Caster Semenya was forced by the World Athletics federation, then known as IAAF, to take medication that artificially lowered her naturally high testosterone if she wanted to compete against other female runners.
Talented 20-year-old Sinesipho Dambile won the men’s 200m gold in 20.55 seconds, holding off a challenge from national record holder and pre-race favourite Clarence Munyai in Cape Town.
Prudence Sekgodiso and Nkosinathi Sibiya won hard-fought battles to secure the women’s and men’s 1500m titles at the ASA Senior Track and Field National Championships on Friday,
Kenyan Ferdinard Omanyala wins the men’s 100m in 9.98 ahead of South African Akani Simbine, who came second in 10.11 at the ASA Grand Prix Series 4 meeting in Germiston, South Africa.
Viwe Jingqi, Ashley Erasmus and Benjamin Richardson ended a ground-breaking week with another spectacular performance on the third and final day of the ASA National U16, U18 and U20 Track And Field Championships in Potchefstroom.
Viwe Jingqi lowers the SA U18 100m record three times in one day at the 2022 ASA U16, U18 (Youth), and U20 (Juniors) Track and Field Championships at the NWU Mc Arthur Athletics Stadium, Potchefstroom on Thursday.
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