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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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Laura Muir Missed UK Record By A Whisker In Potchefstroom

The multiple UK record holder, Laura Muir got her endurance speed tested on Tuesday (25) at Potchefstroom meet. The mercurial Olympics medalist was chased to the line by her usual training partner, Jemma Reekie. The duo fantastic run was a little bit short to upturn Jenny Meadows’ UK 600m indoor record of 1:25.81, which was […]

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Double Olympics Champion Caster Semenya Tried 3000m In A Meet Wenda Nel And Kyle Blignaut Impressed At Potchefstroom Meet

Double Olympics 800m Champion, Caster Semenya who tried her legs on 2000m two weeks ago, on Thursday (6) at Potchefstroom South Africa Meet tried 3000m this time around. She won in 9:04.20. In the 400m hurdle for women, South Africa Champion Wenda Nel was outright impressive as she won her race in 55.16s while the […]