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SA Championship:Van Niekerk, Viwe Jingqi And Ruswahl Samaai Withdraw As Simbine Won His Sixth Title

Day one of South Africa Athletics Senior Championship was followed with some interesting intrigues. First it was the news of withdrawal of 400m world record holder, Wayde van Niekerk because of injury, and then in the opening heat the favourite in the women’s 100m, Viwe Jingqi, pulled out after tweaking her hamstring on the warm-up […]

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South African School Boy Shines in Potchefstroom Meet, Simbine Beaten As Omanyala Impressed

The third meet of Potchefstroom on Wednesday night produced some stunning result with one of the best performances coming from pre-programme, where schoolboy Brian Raats won the men’s high jump in 2.26m, placing him tied seventh on SA’s all-time list. Then came Botswana’s Bayapo Ndori, a member of the Olympic silver medal-winning 4x400m relay team […]

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My Nightmare- Horn (African Medalist And South Africa Record Holder)

Finally, the African 100m silver medalist and South Africa, Carina Horn has breaths a sigh of relief after completing her two years doping ban. Recounting her ordeal, “from an emotional perspective, the last two years had been tough. There were many evenings that I could not stop myself from crying as it felt as if […]