Not only Caster Semenya, but also the SA Record holders in the women’s 3000m steeplechase and women’s triple jump will be in action at the final Yellow Pages Interprovincial in Bellville on 3 March.
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.
Team South Africa for Daegu
Athletics SA announce final team to World Championships Athletics South Africa announced the final team today who would represent the country at the World Championships in Deagu, Korea from 27 August to 4 September. While the team consists of some of the established names such as Khotso Mokoena, LJ Van Zyl, Caster Semenya and Mbualeni […]
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 […]
2011 SA Athletics Annual Available
2011 S.A Athletics Another Trove of Information The uncertainty over the future of world champion Caster Semenya at the beginning of 2010 resulted in the SA Athletics Statisticians (SAAS) taking a decision at the time not to select a Female Athlete of the Year or make the Harry Beinart Merit Award before the publication of […]