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 the Javelin World with her 5th round throw of 68.38m […]
Bronze medal for Van Zyl
September 2, 2011 1 Comment
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 Fredericks came 5th, his time 49.12sec, after Felix Sanchez (DOM) finished […]
Ramolefi breaks Steeple record
August 29, 2011 Leave a Comment
The past 3 days at the World Championships was action packed with some great achievements including Ruben Ramolefi breaking the South African record in the 3000m steeplechase and a personal best by Wenda Theron in the women’s 400m hurdles. Ruben Ramolefi broke his own South African record in the qualifying rounds of the 3000m steeplechase […]
Mpuang gets silver in China
August 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
Thuso Mpuang gave himself a huge boost ahead of the World Championships in Deagu Korea, when he won the silver medal in the men’s 200m final at the World Student Championships.
Viljoen sets new SA Javelin Record
August 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
Twenty eight year old Sunette Viljoen successfully defended her World Student title in Shenzhen, China on 18 August, 2011 with a throw of 66.47m to set a new South African and African Record.
Gauteng North excel at Youth Champs
July 26, 2011 Leave a Comment
Team South Africa brought home 5 medals from the IAAF World Youth Championships that took place in Lille, France from 6-10 July. Surprisingly, it is the boys from Gauteng North that performed well as 4 of the 5 medal winners came from this province.
Elroy Gelant stars in France
June 29, 2011 Leave a Comment
Elroy Gelant competed at the Meeting National D1 de Metz Moselle Athelor in France on June 27 and became the second fastest South African 3000m runner in the process, almost breaking the SA Record in the process (7:41.06 set up in 2008 by Juan van Deventer). The versatile Gelant ran a brilliant race and won […]
South Africans competing abroad
June 27, 2011 Leave a Comment
With 14 South African athletes participating in 4 different competitions abroad on June 25, it turned out to become a great sporting weekend. Not only did the 57th Janusz Kusocinski Memorial happen in Poland, but also the Lausitz Meeting in Germany, the Kuortane Games in Finland and the Meeting International Nivelles in Belgium.
Youth team of 36 announced
June 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
With the World Youth Championships in France less than a month away everybody has been waiting in anticipation for the team announcement. Over the past months athletes have been trying hard to perform in order to get one of the most coveted spots, and a chance to represent South Africa. The team consists of […]
Medals at Southern Region
June 9, 2011 Leave a Comment
During the past Southern Region Youth Championships that took place on 28-29 May 2011 in Namibia, the South African youth team delivered outstanding performances. Central Gauteng saw five selected athletes compete and the result was an achievement of 8 medals in total for this young talented group.
