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Semenya 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 800m on Saturday. No other sporting code in South Africa has been able to achieve this milestone.

SA 800m record holder ready for Barcelona

Thursday, 5 July 2012 – The South African 800m youth record holder, Monique Stander, is one of a handful of youth athletes included in the junior… Time-to-Run – Pre-event

Germiston Middle Distance Preview

Yellow Pages Interprovincial middle distance preview Cracking line-ups in men’s 800m and 1500m for Yellow Pages Interprovincial Saturday’s Yellow Pages Interprovincial at Germiston should deliver some strong middle distance racing in particular the men’s field as the 800m and 1500m are packed with top class athletes.

Semenya Silver wraps up success

She saved the best for last. After an up and down season, Caster Semenya came oh so close to successfully defending her title. Only the speed of the Russian Champion, Mariya Savinova prevented her from becoming the first athlete to successfully defend her title since Maria Mutola did it in 2003.

Mokeona and Semenya shine at Pre Classic

Khotso Mokoena and Caster Semenya scored season’s bests at the Prefontaine Classic, Samsung Diamond League on Saturday 4 June in Eugene, Oregon. Up until the third round of the Long Jump Competition, Mokoena was the only athlete over the 8m mark, with jumps of 8.11m, 8.19m, 8.19m and was comfortably in the lead. In round […]

Semenya wins in Dakar

World champion Caster Semenya ran her fastest time this season to win the women’s 800 meters at the IAAF World Challenge Dakar Grand Prix on Saturday. The South African led the field throughout at Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium in her first international meet of 2011, crossing in 2 minutes, 0.61 seconds — more than a […]