No Simbine-Gatlin race for Pretoria
Any hopes of seeing Rio Olympics 100-metre finalist Akani Simbine up against world champion Justin Gatlin on South African soil have been given a false-start.
Van Niekerk sizzles in Switzerland
Olympic champion and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk fired a crackerjack shot across the bows of any would-be pretenders to his World Championship 400m crown in Switzerland on Thursday night, writes MARK ETHERIDGE.
Van Niekerk blitzes to SA 200m record in Jamaica
South Africa’s golden boy of the track, Wayde van Niekerk, added another South African record to his collection in Kingston, Jamaica, late on Saturday night. MARK ETHERIDGE reports.
Akani Simbine – a natural-born trail blazer
Being one of the trailblazers of South African athletics seems to come naturally to Akani Simbine.
It’s double gold in Doha for Simbine, Semenya
By Mark Etheridge National champion and record-holder Akani Simbine became the first South African to win a Diamond League 100-metre sprint when he beat an impressive field in Doha, Qatar on Friday evening.
Simbine scorches to sub-10sec gold at SA Champs
Led by Akani Simbine, sprinters were the star performers on Friday, setting an explosive start on the first of two days of competition at the ASA Athletics Championships in Potchefstroom.
Semenya moves up to to 3000m but stays on winning trail
Olympic medallists Caster Semenya and Sunette Viljoen opened their 2017 seasons with convincing victories in the third leg of the ASA Speed Series at Kenneth McArthur Athletics Stadium in Potchefstroom on Wednesday.
