Magakwe on SA Record quest
The Central North West athlete Simon Magakwe, is getting closer to breaking the SA 100m record after equalling Johan Rossouw’s 24-year-old record at the SA Student Championships in Johannesburg on...
View ArticleTheron sets Olympic Standard
4 May 2012 – Wenda Theron dipped under the Olympic Qualifying A-standard time (55.50sec) in the women’s 400m hurdles after edging closer to the time in her last few races. She won her heat in 55.37sec...
View ArticleMore qualifiers at SA Open
5 May 2012 – Wenda Theron not only reached the Olympic Qualifying A-standard again in the final of the in the women’s 400m hurdles, but also improved the time she clocked in yesterday’s first round at...
View ArticleMokoena and Ramolefi looking to qualify in Doha
Khotso Mokoena and Ruben Ramolefi will have to reach one A-Qualifying standard at an international event by the end of June in order to qualify for the Olympic Games. Both athletes will compete in Doha...
View ArticleMoney for Athletes Assistance
It has come to Athletics South Africa’s attention that allegations are being made that little or no support is being given to athletes in order to travel and compete overseas in order to qualify for...
View ArticleTeam to Barcelona World Juniors
22 May – A final team of 31 athletes have been announced to represent South Africa at the World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain from 10-15 July 2012. The team consist of 14 male and 17 female...
View ArticleDreyer wins in Turnov
23 May – Hannes Dreyer won the men’s 100m at the Ludvik Danek Memorial in Turnov, Czech Repuplic on Tuesday 22 May. The 100m consisted of two races. In a race with four South African athletes, Dreyer...
View ArticleConrad sets PB in Koblenz
Nolene Conrad shaved over 30 seconds off her 5000m best at the Koblenz Mini-Internationales meeting in Germany on 23 May, finishing fifth in the process. Conrad clocked 16:05.98 improving on her...
View ArticleMixed fortunes for SA athletes
It was a weekend of mixed fortunes for South African athletes looking to qualify for the London Olympics, as two A-Qualifiers were run and two National Records were threatened. Johan Cronje set the...
View ArticleMogawane, Dreyer and Makhanya in Rehlingen
29 May – Ofentse Mogawane, Hannes Dreyer and Mapaseka Makhanya dominated their respective races in perfect weather conditions at the Pfingstsportfest in Rehlingen, Germany yesterday. Hannes Dreyer...
View ArticleSemenya selected for Benin
30 May – Caster Semenya, along with 75 other athletes, has been selected to represent South Africa at the CAA Africa Senior Championships in Porto Novo, Benin from 27 June – 1 July 2012. Semenya, the...
View ArticleMokoena Qualifies and Thipe misses
Mokoena qualifies for Olympics 1 June 2012 – Khotso Mokoena qualified for the Olympic Games after equalling the required distance of 8.20m in the final round of the men’s long jump at the third leg of...
View ArticleSouth Africans in Europe
Olivier just misses second qualifier in Oordegem Andre Olivier came close to running his second Olympic A-Qualifier in the men’s 800m at the 21st Memorial Leon Buyle in Oordegem on 2 June. Olivier won...
View ArticleCronje chasing second A-qualifier
6 June – South African 1500m Champion, Johan Cronje, could join the list of South African track and field athletes that have already qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games, when he competes in his...
View ArticleConrad runs another PB in Montreuil-sous-Bois
The 26 year-old Nolene Conrad reached the goal she set for herself ahead of the race, when she ran a sub 16 minute race in the women’s 5000m at the Meeting Premium de la Ville de Montreuil in France...
View ArticlePersonal best for De Swardt in Rhede
Friday, 8 June 2012 – Jacques de Swardt clocked a new personal best of 46.06sec in the men’s 400m in Rhede, Germany on 7 June, finishing second. His previous best (46.08sec) was set up in Germiston on...
View ArticleWorld lead for Viljoen in New York
Monday, 11 June 2012 – Sunette Viljoen proved that she is coming into form at the right time of the season as she won the women’s javelin competition at the 6th IAAF Samsung Diamond League in New York...
View ArticleVan Deventer misses Olympic qualifier
Tuesday, 12 June 2012 – Juan van Deventer missed the Olympic qualifying A-Standard in the men’s 1500m by 2/100th at the Josef Odlozil Memorial in Prague, Czech Republic last night. Van Deventer needed...
View ArticleSemenya and Mokoena win in Finland
Thursday, 14 June 2012 – Caster Semenya and Khotso Mokoena competed at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland on 13 June and comfortably won in their respective events. Semenya beat the field in the...
View ArticleThipe wins in Sweden
Friday, 15 June 2012 – Tsholofelo Thipe comfortably won the women’s 100m in very cold conditions at the Swedish Grand Prix in Goteborg on Thursday, 14 June. The SA 100m champion beat Italian athlete...
View ArticleFourie too strong in Austria
Lehann Fourie beat all the athletes in the field when he won the men’s 110m hurdles at the Rieder Leichtathletiknacht in Austria on 17 June. The 25 year-old won the race in 13.59sec, equalling his...
View ArticleJobodwana to Africa Champs
Monday, 25 June 2012 – Anaso Jobodwana, the latest addition to the list of Olympic qualifiers, will compete at his first major Championship when he represents South Africa at the CAA Africa Senior...
View ArticleLambrechts wins 3rd Title
Thursday, 28 June 2012 – Burger Lambrechts won his third African Shot Title in Benin on the opening day of the Continental Championships. His opening throw of 19.51m was good enough for the gold medal...
View ArticleMagakwe takes Africa sprint title
Thursday, 28 June 2012 – Simon Magakwe won gold in the men’s 100m on day two of the Africa Senior Championships in Benin, the second gold medal for South Africa at the Championships. He crossed the...
View ArticleSA third overall in Benin
Sunday, 1 July 2012 – Charlene Potgieter and the men’s 4x400m relay team won silver on the final day of the Africa Senior Championships in Benin, helping team South Africa finish third overall behind...
View ArticleMpuang third in Belgium
Monday, 9 June 2012 – Thuso Mpuang competed in the men’s 200m at the KBC-Nacht of Athletics in Heusden, Belgium on Saturday, 7 July and finished third. Deji Tobais (GBR) won the race in a personal...
View ArticleTop 10 finish in Barcelona
Tuesday, 11 July 2012 – Lezaan Jordaan, still a youth athlete, finished ninth overall and produced yet another personal best in the women’s shot put final on the first day of the World Junior...
View ArticleDe Beer wins Junior Bronze
Friday, 13 July 2012 – Gerhard de Beer’s 61.57m in the final of the men’s discus throw, won the first medal for South Africa on the third day of the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain....
View ArticleMoolman throws Bronze
Morne Moolman bagged South Africa’s second medal at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona when he took bronze in the javelin for men while Justine Palframan broke the 19 year old national...
View ArticleWorld Juniors Wrap Up
South Africa’s junior team finished the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona on a quiet note with no medals added to their tally for the Championships. Julia du Plessis (16) in her first ever...
View ArticleOlivier records 3rd PB
Monday, 23 July 2012 – Andre Oliver recorded his third personal best in less than three months at the ninth leg of the Samsung Diamond League in Herculis, Monaco on 20 July 2012. Oliver competed in the...
View ArticleDu Plessis, youngest finalist in SA history
Tuesday, 24 July 2012 – At the past World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Julia du Plessis officially became the youngest South African athlete in the history of athletics to reach a final at World...
View ArticlePalframan holds records
Thursday, 2 August 2012 – Justine Palframan broke the 400m South African Junior record that stood for 29 years, at the World Junior Championships that took place from 10-15 July in Barcelona, Spain;...
View ArticleSemenya maintains Olympic tradition
Monday, 13 August 2012 – Caster Semenya continued the tradition of athletics being the one sport to win a medal at each of the Olympic Games since re-admission, when she finished second in the women’s...
View ArticleSA Junior 100m record smashed
The South African athletics team had an impressive start to the Zone 6 Games in Lusaka, Zambia, winning 11 medals on the first day, of which six were gold. The South African sprinters dominated the...
View ArticleThree Permit Meetings confirmed
Thursday, 31 January 2012 – Athletics South Africa today confirmed that one province and two clubs have stepped forward to host Permit Meetings during March and April 2013. Starting on Tuesday, 19...
View ArticlePienaar takes 10000m Jnr title at altitude
Friday, 5 April 2013 – The first day of the three day long SA Sub-Youth, Youth, Junior and Under 23 Championships started at Pilditch stadium in Tshwane today where the best South African athletes are...
View ArticleSA Team for Moscow selected
Athletics South Africa (ASA) will be sending a team of 27 athletes to compete at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow (10-18 August). A look at the statistics shows that it is probably one of the...
View ArticleThe Passing of Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
It is with great sadness that Athletics South Africa (ASA) has come to learn of the untimely passing of one of its greatest athlete, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi. Mr. Mulaudzi, born on 8th September 1980...
View ArticleLebogang Shange sets Race Walking Record
Lebogang Shange broke the SA 20 000m track record (race walking) on 21 June 2015 in Bedford, England. He clocked 1:23:20 to improve the previous mark of 1:24:51 set by Stanley Valentine in Port...
View ArticleASA Team for Beijing 2015
Athletics South Africa (ASA) announces the team for Beijing 2015, the IAAF Senior World Championships, scheduled for 22 to 30 August in China. Team to Beijing 2015 Only athletes who qualified on...
View ArticleSA wins 5 medals at World Youth Champs
The South African team won a total of five medals with three coming on the final day of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia on Sunday to finish fifth on the overall medal table. South...
View ArticleAthletes invited by IAAF to Beijing 2015
The IAAF has invited three additional athletes as part of the new qualification system introduced for Beijing 2015. The IAAF has set a target number of athletes to compete in each event of the...
View ArticleSchool of Speed ready for 2018
South Africa Track – Entries are officially open for the PUMA School of Speed 2018, with long jump and high jump events having been added to the menu for this exhilarating nationwide series for...
View ArticleUsain Bolt to visit Ruimsig school
The World’s Fastest Man Usain Bolt is heading for Gauteng to inspire high school athletes at the PUMA School of Speed on Monday 29 January 2018. “PUMA is thrilled that Usain Bolt is going to attend our...
View ArticleJoshua Cheptegei for Athletix Grand Prix Meet
World Championship 10 000m silver medallist, Joshua Cheptegei is the first big name to be announced to compete in the inaugural Athletix Grand Prix Series in March 2018. Joshua Cheptegei leads top...
View ArticleSchool of Speed Athletes Impress In Durban
Durban – The PUMA School of Speed at the Kings Park Athletics Track today saw blistering performances from talented teenage High School athletes aiming to follow in the footsteps of PUMA School of...
View ArticleScott Renews Rivalry at Athletix Grand Prix Series
Track Indoors – Multiple SA Indoor record holder Dominique Scott returns to the tracks of South Africa on Thursday, 22 March 2018, when she lines up in the 1500m at the third and final Athletix Grand...
View ArticleCaster Semenya sets new 1000m SA Record
The second Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Series Meeting held at Tuks Athletics Stadium in Tshwane on Thursday, 08 March 2018 saw Caster Semenya win the 1000m Women’s race in a new SA Record, while...
View ArticleSemenya Brings The Athletix House Down
Cape Town – In windy conditions, South African middle distance star, Caster Semenya gave the 34-year-old SA 1500m record a good scare at the third and final Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Series...
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