by zaadmin | Aug 5, 2013 | Europe, Featured, Marathon, News, Pre-event, Track, World Champs
Athletics South Africa (ASA) will be sending a team of 27 athletes to compete at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow (10-18 August). A look at the statistics shows that it is probably one of the most experienced SA teams ever. No less than eight athletes are...
by zaadmin | Sep 5, 2011 | 800m, Featured, News, Track
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...
by zaadmin | Sep 2, 2011 | News, Track, World Champs
Day 7 will go down as one of the best days of South African athletics, as first Sunette Viljoen, then the 4x400m relay team medal and Caster Semenya qualifies for the womens 800m final. Africa record and World Championship Bronze for Viljoen Sunette Viljoen stunned...
by zaadmin | Sep 2, 2011 | 400m hurdles, Featured, News, World Champs
LJ van Zyl took the bronze medal in the final of the men’s 400m hurdles, finishing in 48.80sec, whilst running blind in lane 8. David Greene (GBR) claimed the title in 48.26sec whilst pre race favourite, Javier Culson (48.44sec) grabbed silver. 21 year-old Cornel...
by zaadmin | Aug 8, 2011 | Featured, News, World Champs
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...