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 | Mar 12, 2012 | Featured, News, Track, World Champs
Elroy Gelant broke the SA Indoor Record in the men’s 3000m at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey on 9-11 March. Gelant finished 12th in the final but broke Juan van Deventer’s SA Indoor record of 7:49.91 (Moskva, 7 February 2010) when he crossed the...
by zaadmin | Mar 1, 2012 | Cross Country, Featured, News, World Champs
The Southern Region Cross Country Championships is taking place on Saturday 3 March and Athletics South Africa’s selected a senior team to represent South Africa in Mauritius. The team has been selected from the athletes that competed in Potchefstroom at the SA...
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 29, 2011 | News, SteepleChase, Track, World Champs
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...