ATAF EditorsKenya’s Eliud Kipchoge described his third Virgin Money London Marathon victory on Sunday as the greatest achievement of his glittering career as he looked back on a day when he was crowned king of the roads and sealed a third Abbott World Marathon Majors title
Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot ran a perfectly judged race to take elite women’s race title at the 38th Virgin Money London Marathon, becoming the fourth fastest woman of all time over the gruelling marathon distance.
Namibia’s Helalia Johannes won a historic women’s marathon on the final day of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Sunday, becoming the first Namibian woman to win a Commonwealth title in any sport.
Uganda’s Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei completed a Commonwealth Games double in a new Games record on the sixth day of athletics competition with a resounding victory in the men’s 10,000m in Gold Coast on Friday.
South Africa’s Caster Semenya stormed to another commanding victory on Friday, winning the women’s 800m title at the Commonwealth Games and taking home double gold from Australia’s Gold Coast after winning the 1500m final earlier in the week.
South Africa’s Jonathan Ndodomzi Ntutu wins the Men’s T12 100m Final in 11.02 seconds at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games on Thursday.
Amantle Montsho pips a Jamaican double-act, who have to settle for silver and bronze, to earn Botswana a rare 400m double by taking the women’s 400m gold in the Gold Coast on Wednesday night.
South Africa’s golden girl Caster Semenya secured her first Commonwealth Games title, earning Team South Africa’s fifth Track and Field medal at the multi-sport spectacle at the Gold Coast, Australia on Tuesday.
Botswana’s Isaac Makwala has achieved what he set out to do, winning his first major championship gold medal with a well-executed 44.35 in the men’s 400m final at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday.
Akani Simbine stopped the clock at 10.03, with Henricho Bruintjies finishing 0.14 off the pace. Jamaican Yohan Blake nicked the bronze medal from Nigeria’s Seye Ogunlewe in a photo finish, with both athletes timed at 10.19 at Gold Coast 2018.
The success of the ASA U18 Youth and U20 Junior Championships Dal Josaphat Athletics Stadium in Paarl, Western Cape, has ushered fresh confidence that South African talent will be around for many years to come.
Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei sprinted clear to clinch the first track Commonwealth Games Athletics gold of Gold Coast 2018 in the men’s 5,000m at the Carrara stadium on Sunday.
South African Shot Put prospect Kayle Blignaut and quarter-miler Sokwakhana “Soks” Zazini were the star performers on the third and final day of the ASA U18 Youth and U20 Championships in Paarl, Western Cape on Saturday.
Gontse Morake flaunted her remarkable talent again, earning gold and narrowly missing another national record in the Youth Girls Triple Jump final, on the second day of the ASA U-18 and U-20 Championships 2018 at the Dal Josaphat Stadium in Paarl, Western Cape on Friday.
Gontse Morake breaks the South African national youth (U-18) 400m hurdles record in 57.81 seconds on the opening day of ASA U-18 and U-20 Championships 2018 at the Dal Josaphat Stadium in Paarl, Western Cape on Thursday.
Kenya’s 18-year-old running phenomenon Celliphine Chespol won the African Cross Country Championship senior women’s title in the Algerian city of Chlef despite thinking she had finished with a lap still to go and then falling on the final circuit.
The top European finisher in the 2016 women’s Olympic Marathon, Belarusian Volha Mazuronak, will run the METRO Marathon Düsseldorf on Sunday April 29, 2018.
Uganda’s Stephen Kiprotich, the 2012 Olympic gold medallist and the World Marathon champion, will return to the Haspa Marathon Hamburg on Sunday April 29.
Stephen Mokoka and Nolene Conrad were the top South African finishers at the IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships in a tough day of competition for the Rainbow Nation in Valencia, Spain on Saturday.
South African middle distance star, Caster Semenya, gave the 34-year-old SA 1500m record a good scare at the third and final Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Series Meeting in Paarl when she crossed the line in 4:02.50 on Thursday, 22 March.
World champions Caster Semenya, Luvo Manyonga, and fast rising junior Zeney Van der Walt impress on the third day of 2018 ASA Senior T&F and Combined Events Championships, held at Tuks Athletics Stadium in Tshwane on Saturday.
The 2017 African U20 champion Clarence Munyai clocked a stunning time of 19.69 (-0.5 m/s) to win his men’s 200m semi-final at the 2018 ASA Senior Track and Field Championships in Tshwane, South Africa on Friday 16 March.
Three national records fell on an action-packed opening day of the ASA Senior Championships, with sprinters keeping fans on the edge of their seats at Tuks Stadium, Tshwane on Thursday.
World 100m champion, Justin Gatlin (USA) and 2015 World Championship 200m bronze medalist, Anaso Jobodwana will face off for the third time in their careers at the2nd Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Series Meeting at Tuks Athletics Stadium in Tshwane on Thursday.
South Africa’s Caster Semenya will face the Ugandan challenge of Winnie Nanyondo and Halimah Nakaayi in the seldom run 1000m at the second Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Series Meeting at Tuks Athletics Stadium in Tshwane.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced the resignation of Chief Executive Officer, Olivier Gers.
Botswana’s Isaac Makwala has sets his sights on breaking the 31-second barrier at the second Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Series Meeting at the University of Pretoria’s Tuks Stadium in Tshwane on Thursday, 8 March.
World outdoor champion Luvo Manyonga won South Africa’s first medal, a Silver in the men’s Long Jump, on Day 2 of the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, UK.
South Africa’s former World bronze Medallist, Anaso Jobodwana, led the night’s top performers in the opening leg of the inaugural Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix at Ruimsig Stadium in Roodepoort, Johannesburg on Thursday.
A star studded line up will be presented at the first Liquid Telecom Athletix Grand Prix Meeting at the Ruimsig stadium in Johannesburg on Thursday, 1 March 2018.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) today welcomes an additional contribution of USD 70,000 from the Government of Denmark, which is to be dedicated towards the Agency’s World Anti-Doping Code Compliance Monitoring Program activities.
World long jump bronze medallist, Ruswahl Samaai will open his 2018 season at the second Athletix Grand Prix Meeting on 8 March at Tuks Athletics Stadium in Tshwane.
Uganda’s Ronald Musagala has been added to a stellar line up of international stars competing at the 2018 Athletix Grand Prix Series and will run in the 1500m and 3000m.
Kenya’s 2015 World Javelin throw champion and 2016 Olympic Games silver medallist, Julius Yego, has been added to the growing list of global superstars for the 2018 Athletix Grand Prix Series meetings in South Africa.
Ethiopia’s Jemal Yimer and Ruti Aga, to headline the Ethiopian team to the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia on 24 March.