by zaadmin | Jun 6, 2012 | Featured, News, Pre-event, Track
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. The...
by zaadmin | Jun 4, 2012 | Europe, Featured, News, Track
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...
by zaadmin | Jun 1, 2012 | Europe, Featured, News, Track
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...
by zaadmin | May 30, 2012 | Africa, Featured, News, Track
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...
by zaadmin | May 29, 2012 | Featured, News, Track
29 May – Ofentse Mogawane, Hannes Dreyer and Mapaseka Makhanya dominated their respective races in perfect weather conditions at the Pfingstsportfest in Rehlingen, Germany yesterday. Hannes Dreyer comfortably went through to the final in the men’s 100m after...
by zaadmin | May 28, 2012 | 1500m, Europe, Featured, News, Track
It was a weekend of mixed fortunes for South African athletes looking to qualify for the London Olympics, as two A-Qualifiers were run and two National Records were threatened. Johan Cronje set the tone of the weekend by running 3:35.33 in the men’s 1500m in Dessau,...