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Tayla Kavanagh wins Maritzburg 10k 2023
Running an entirely individual race, young Tayla Kavanagh owned the Maritzburg SPAR Women’s 10/5km Challenge that took place in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday 20 August. Tayla Kavanagh, wins Maritzburg SPAR 10k 2023 Leading from the start to finish with a gun-to-tape...
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Chesang, Khatala and Xaba return to Gqeberha
No strangers to the Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series, Kenya’s Diana Chesang and Lesotho’s Neheng Khatala will return to SA shores where they’ll join South Africa’s Glenrose Xaba at the inaugural Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQEBERHA 10K on Sunday 02 April 2023. Chesang, Khatala and...
Kibet set for GQEBERHA 10K debut
The Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series continues to build and provide world class events for South African stars on home soil as another two big names, Uganda’s Isaac Kibet and local hero Melikhaya Frans, confirm their entry into the Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQEBERHA 10K that will...
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Caster 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 Anaso Jobodwana brought down the house by taking the scalp of...
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Voet van Afrika 2015 cancelled
The historic Voet van Afrika Marathon, at Bredasdorp in the Overberg has been cancelled for this year. In what is regarded as bad news for South African athletes and the Overberg community the organising committee, including Mega Group, the Bredasdorp Athletics Club...
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Top 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 Championships in Barcelona. She set a new personal best in the qualifying...
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Cheptegei, Mokoka headline Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN 2017
Joshua Cheptegei, the 2017 World Championship 10 000m Silver Medallist and Stephen Mokoka, the SA 10km Record Holder are the headline act in the inaugural FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN on Sunday, 08 October 2017. The announcement made on Tuesday, 05 September confirms...
Seboko-Mulaudzi, Desta win inaugural TSHWANE 10K
Kabelo Seboko-Mulaudzi (South Africa) made it two for two in the 2023 Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series as he claimed line honours at the inaugural Absa RUN YOUR CITY TSHWANE 10K on Sunday 27 August 2023, while Ethiopia’s Debash Desta secured the top spot on the podium in the...
New eligibility regulations for female classification
The IAAF this week issued new Eligibility Regulations for Female Classification (Athlete with Differences of Sexual Development) for events from 400m to the mile, including 400m, hurdles races, 800m, 1500m, one mile races and combined events over the same distances...
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...