by zaadmin | Mar 24, 2011 | Featured, News
Oscar Pistorius took a step closer to his dream of competing in the able-bodied London Olympics in 2011 with his new personal best over 400m. Double amputee Pistorius clocked 45.61 seconds on Wednesday in the 400m at the Provincial Championships in Pretoria.That time...
by zaadmin | Mar 17, 2011 | Events, Featured, News
Those runners who missed yesterday’s entry deadline for the Old Mutual Two Oceans ultra marathon will have the chance to bid for one as 10 entries go on auction from today, as part of a major fundraising initiative for the Bobs for Good Foundation, the official event...
by zaadmin | Mar 9, 2011 | Featured, News, Track
The third and final event in the Yellow Pages Athletics Series takes place in the Mother City on Thursday 10 March at the Bellville Stadium and offers athletics followers a number of interesting duels. A key event will be the men’s 5 000m. Not only will it be the...
by zaadmin | Mar 2, 2011 | Cross Country, Featured, News, Women
STRONG KENYAN WOMEN’S TEAM FOR AFRICAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Whilst the senior men’s race is expected to be wide open at the 2011 African Cross Country Championships in Cape Town on 6 March, the women’s event seems to be very much a Kenyan affair. Led by Innes...
by zaadmin | Feb 28, 2011 | Featured, News, Track
Tshwane, South Africa – African champion Louis Jacobus (LJ) van Zyl broke new ground when he set a South Africa national 400m Hurdles record at the Yellow Pages Series meet in Tshwane, near Pretoria, on Friday (25). The heavy downpour and subsequent wet surface...
by zaadmin | Feb 24, 2011 | Featured, News
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...