South Africa name strong team for 2018 World Half-Marathon Championships
A 10-member national team has been named by Athletics South Africa for the IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships in Valencia, Spain on 24 March, 2018.
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A 10-member national team has been named by Athletics South Africa for the IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships in Valencia, Spain on 24 March, 2018.
South Africa’s double Olympic and triple World Champion, Caster Semenya will compete in the women’s 1000m, a rarely run event on the track, at the Tuks Stadium in Tshwane – the second of three Athletix Grand Prix Meetings – on Thursday, 8 March 2018.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) has unveiled a nine-member South African team for the 2018 CAA Southern Region Cross Country Championships in Vacoas, Mauritius on February 24.
World champion Luvo Manyonga betters his own SA indoor record in long jump, Dominique Scott-Efurd, Derrick Mokaleng and Carina Horn also smashed South African indoor records over the weekend.
Botswana’s Isaac Makwala has been invited to compete at the maiden Athletix Grand Prix Series at the Ruimsig Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa on 1 March, 2018.
World 100m champion Justin Gatlin has joined the list of world-class athletes who will compete at the inaugural Athletix Grand Prix Series meetings in South Africa next month.
South African long jumper, Luvo Manyonga, kicked off his 2018 season with a national record performance, of 8.32m, at the Meeting Paris Indoor on Wednesday evening.
South African sprinter Anaso Jobodwana will run the men’s 200m at the first Athletix Grand Prix Series meeting billed to hold at the Ruimsig Stadium, Johannesburg on Thursday, 1 March 2018.
Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei, the World 10,000m silver medallist, is the first big name announced to compete at the inaugural Athletix Grand Prix Series 2018 in South Africa next month.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) have unveiled a 20-member national team for the CAA African Cross Country Championships to be held in Chlef, Algeria on 17 March 2018.
Dominique Scott-Efurd set a new indoor record and Desmond Mokgobu broke new ground in the marathon, as South African athletes begin their busy 2018 season around the world.
Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba clocked a world-leading time (3:57.45) to win the women’s 1,500m at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, the first meeting of the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour, in Germany on Saturday.
South African Akani Simbine will start his 2018 season at the second of the three Athletix Grand Prix Meetings at the Bestmed Tuks Stadium in Tshwane on Thursday, 8 March 2018.
SASCOC have named a 169-member team, including 13 athletes and 8 para-athletes, to represent South Africa at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia between 4-15 April.
Usain Bolt inspired exceptional performances from high school athletes competing in the PUMA School of Speed athletics meet at Ruimsig Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday 29 January 2018
Ethiopia’s Mosinet Geremew and Roza Dereje smashed the course records to take the men’s and women’s titles at the 2018 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, the world’s richest marathon on Friday.
Kenya’s Hellen Onsando Obiri, the world 5000m champion, was the highlight performer at the 2018 Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava on Thursday.
Kenya’s Mary Keitany will make an attempt to break Paula Radcliffe’s world record at the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 22 April.
Kenya’s Nobert Kigen faces a litmus test to stamp his authority on other top runners in the field at the 2018 Napoli City Half Marathon in Naples on February 4.
Jamaican World athletics icon, Usain Bolt, will be at Ruimsig Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday 29 January as part of a development programme sponsored by PUMA.
Ethiopian distance running queen, Tirunesh Dibaba, is the first major name confirmed for the elite women’s race at the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon.
The City of Francistown will host the second edition of the Botswana Athletics Association (BAA) Super night track and field series at the Francistown stadium on Saturday.
It was a double triumph for the Ethiopian runners as Solomon Deksisa and Amane Gobena took the honours at the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2018, winning in 2:09:34 and 2:25:49 respectively on Sunday.
Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele confirmed he will join Mo Farah and Eliud Kipchoge on the start line for the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon on 22 April.
Ncincilili Titi blasted past the South African Indoor record for the men’s 200m, with 20.45, on the second day of the Clemson Invitational in Clemson, South Carolina on Saturday 20 January.
Athletics South Africa has expressed joy at the turning of the sod for the Mbulaheni Mulaudzi Stadium at Mudulini village in Makhado, Limpopo province on Friday.
Thabang Mosiako and Kesa Molotsane edged out the national men’s and women’s champions on Saturday, charging to victory in their respective categories at the ASA Cross Country Trials at the University of Free State in Mangaung.
South Africa’s golden girl, Caster Semenya, has been nominated for the Laureus World Sports Woman of the Year award to be held in Monaco on 27 February 2018.
Nigerian women’s bobsleigh and skeleton team will make a historic appearance at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea next month with foundation built on years of training on the track.
Defending women’s champion Bornes Kitur from Kenya returns while Ethiopian Solomon Deksisa heads men’s field to the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2018 on Sunday 21 January.
The 2nd leg of Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Golden League meeting, which was originally scheduled to hold in Lagos from 26-27 January 2018, has been moved to the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Ethiopian multiple world champion Kenenisa Bekele dominated the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K 2017, breaking away from his rivals just after 18 km before coming home in 1:13:48 on Sunday 17 December.
Ethiopian multiple world champion and world record-holder Kenenisa Bekele will be looking to add to his list of accolades at the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K on Sunday 17 December.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) has launched the ASA Athletix Grand Prix Series in which a total prize incentive of R1 365 000.00 (US$ 110,000) will be offered to athletes to produce outstanding performances in 2018.
Nkosikhona Mhlakwana from Howick in KwaZulu-Natal and Asefa Chelitu of Ethiopia, are the champions of the 2017 Heroes Marathon.