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 clocked 11.65sec with Giovanett and Akinyami finishing in 11.79sec and 11.90sec respectively. South […]
Semenya and Mokoena win in Finland
June 14, 2012 Leave a Comment
Thursday, 14 June 2012 – Caster Semenya and Khotso Mokoena competed at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland on 13 June and comfortably won in their respective events.
Van Deventer misses Olympic qualifier
June 12, 2012 Leave a Comment
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 mark, but finished third in 3:35.52, his best time this season.
World lead for Viljoen in New York
June 11, 2012 Leave a Comment
Monday, 11 June 2012 – Sunette Viljoen proved that she is coming into form at the right time of the season as she won the women’s javelin competition at the 6th IAAF Samsung Diamond League in New York on Saturday 9 June. Viljoen’s 5th round throw of 69.35m broke her own SA, Africa and Commonwealth […]
Personal best for De Swardt in Rhede
June 8, 2012 Leave a Comment
Friday, 8 June 2012 – Jacques de Swardt clocked a new personal best of 46.06sec in the men’s 400m in Rhede, Germany on 7 June, finishing second. His previous best (46.08sec) was set up in Germiston on 10 April 2010.
Conrad runs another PB in Montreuil-sous-Bois
June 6, 2012 Leave a Comment
The 26 year-old Nolene Conrad reached the goal she set for herself ahead of the race, when she ran a sub 16 minute race in the women’s 5000m at the Meeting Premium de la Ville de Montreuil in France last night.
Cronje chasing second A-qualifier
June 6, 2012 Leave a Comment
6 June – South African 1500m Champion, Johan Cronje, could join the list of South African track and field athletes that have already qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games, when he competes in his speciality event at the Meeting de Nantes in France on 6 June.
South Africans in Europe
June 4, 2012 Leave a Comment
Olivier just misses second qualifier in Oordegem Andre Olivier came close to running his second Olympic A-Qualifier in the men’s 800m at the 21st Memorial Leon Buyle in Oordegem on 2 June. Olivier won the race in 1:45.96, missing the 1:45.60 by3/10th .A pacemaker had been out on for the race, but when he went […]
Mokoena Qualifies and Thipe misses
June 1, 2012 1 Comment
Mokoena qualifies for Olympics 1 June 2012 – Khotso Mokoena qualified for the Olympic Games after equalling the required distance of 8.20m in the final round of the men’s long jump at the third leg of the Samsung Diamond league in Rome yesterday. Mokoena achieved his first qualifier in Pretoria at Yellow Pages III on […]
Semenya selected for Benin
May 30, 2012 1 Comment
30 May – Caster Semenya, along with 75 other athletes, has been selected to represent South Africa at the CAA Africa Senior Championships in Porto Novo, Benin from 27 June – 1 July 2012. Semenya, the 2011 World Championships 800m silver medallist, has already qualified for the Olympic Games and needs to compete at the […]
