2003 world high jump champion Jacques Freitag dies at 42
South Africa’s Jacques Freitag, who won the world high jump title in 2003, has died of multiple gunshot wounds at the age of 42.
Athletics South Africa is the governing body for track and field administration in the Republic of South Africa based in Johannesburg.
South Africa’s Jacques Freitag, who won the world high jump title in 2003, has died of multiple gunshot wounds at the age of 42.
Team South Africa dominated the medals table at the 23rd CAA African Athletics Senior Championships in Douala, Cameroon.
Multiple national bests were shattered in the U16 age group, as the ASA U16, U18, U20 and U23 Championships opened at Pilditch Stadium in Tshwane.
All eyes will be on junior star Viwe Jingqi in the women’s 200m after recovering from injury niggles that hampered her 2023 season.
Athletics South Africa is thrilled to learn of the European Court of Human Rights declaration that the imposition of the DSD regulations on Caster Semenya was discriminatory and a violation of her human rights.
Taylon Bieldt scorched to a convincing victory in 12.76 secs to break the South African record in the women’s 100m hurdles at a meeting in Campo Scuola, Italy.
Athletics South Africa president, James Moloi, has expressed strong support for the South African athletes participating in the upcoming 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Innsbruck-Stubai, Austria, which is set to begin in less than three weeks.
Precious Mashele smashes the South African 10km record, taking second place against a strong field at the Absa Run Your City race in Gqeberha.
Wayde van Niekerk and Leandri Geel impress as the three-day ASA Senior Track & Field Championships closed with a bang in Potchefstroom on Saturday.
Akani Simbine and Carina Horn win their fifth national titles in the men’s and women’s 100m finals on Day 1 of the ASA Senior Track and Field Championships in Potchefstroom.
Karriem Abduraghmaan and Kayla Murray charge to victory in the junior men’s and women’s 100m finals on Day 1 of ASA U16, U18 and U20 Track and Field Championships in Pietermaritzburg.
Mine de Klerk and Benjamin Richardson lead 47-member strong South African team to the World Athletics U20 Championships taking place in Cali, Colombia from 1-6 August, 2022.
South African Athletics team return with 36 medals from the 22nd CAA African Senior Championships in Mauritius on Tuesday.
Akani Simbine will lead an 89-member strong SA team, which also features World and Olympic champion Caster Semenya, to the 22nd CAA African Championships in Mauritius next month.
Competing in her first collegiate season as a freshman at the University of Oregon, De Klerk produced a 54.22m heave to win the discus throw competition at the Aztec Invitational meeting in San Diego, California.
New four-year SuperSport and Athletics South Africa partnership will deliver best of South African athletics on TV and streamed on the popular SuperSport Schools app.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) on Sunday bid farewell to a modest sized but strong 19-member team departing for the IAAF World U20 Championships, which holds in Tampere, Finland from 10-15 July, 2018.
Athletics South Africa announce a 79-member final Athletics team for the 21st CAA African Senior Championships to be held in Asaba, Nigeria between 1-5 August 2018.
At a meeting in London between the IAAF and Athletics South Africa (ASA) over the IAAF’s new Eligibility Regulations for Female Classification, both organisations agreed that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was the right body to arbitrate this matter and to respect its final decision.
A 39-member strong team has been named by Athletics South Africa for the inaugural edition of the Athletics World Cup to be held in London, England between 14-15 July.
Athletics South Africa will challenge the new hyperandrogenism regulations issued by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on the classification of female athletes and will proceed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) if necessary.
Athletics South Africa responds to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) new Eligibility Regulations for Female Classification (Athlete with Differences of Sexual Development) for events from 400m to the mile.
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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.
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.
World Youth High Jump champion, Breyton Poole, delivered another fine performance in Cape Town, equalling the national record in his age group, on Saturday.
The ASA Senior Championships, traditionally held in April, has been brought forward to 15-17 March in Tshwane for the 2018 edition because of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia in April.
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Athletics South Africa (ASA) President, Aleck Skhosana, reflects on how far the IAAF member federation has come this year and where their vision will take the sport to next season.
Lebogang Shange smashed his South African record in the 10km Walk in 39:48 on Monday, at the Around Taihu Multi-day International Race Walking Competition in Wuxi, China.