by zaadmin | Jul 2, 2012 | Africa, Featured, News, Track
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 Nigeria and Kenya. South Africa will come home with 24 medals...
by zaadmin | Jun 29, 2012 | Africa, Featured, News, Track
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 line in 10.29sec. The 27 year-old Magakwe was hunting the...
by zaadmin | Jun 28, 2012 | Africa, Featured, News, Track
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 in tricky conditions. Torrential rain made the circle slippery for...
by zaadmin | Jun 25, 2012 | Africa, Featured, News, Track
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 Championships in Benin from 27 June to 1 July. Jobodwana took the...
by zaadmin | Jun 15, 2012 | Africa, Europe, Featured, News, Track
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 Martina Giovanett and Folake Akinyemi from Sweden. Thipe...
by zaadmin | Jun 12, 2012 | 1500m, Africa, Featured, News
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 3:35.50 or faster in order to reach his first qualifying...