Long-time Western Province runner, John Thomas, died on the 24th October 2021 of heart failure. During the 80’s and 90’s John won many road races across the varying distances from 10k to the marathon. A tribute to John Thomas by Petrofski Williams I met JT for the first time in real life when Katvis aka […]
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(Cape Town, 17 October 2021) — South Africa’s Stephen Mokoka made it two wins from two starts at the 2021 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon, making short work of a stellar international field that had eight sub 2:10 men in the field. In the women’s race, marathon debutant, Lydia Simiyu stunned a quality field to win […]
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Cape Town,  August 2021 — The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon has officially been confirmed as an Abbott World Marathon Majors (AbbottWMM) candidate race — the first marathon in Africa to be nominated. Cape Town Marathon announced as an Abbott World Marathon Majors Candidate “We have always believed that the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon could be […]
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Pietermaritzburg, South Africa — Twenty-year old Tadu Nare (Nedbank) stormed to victory in the Maritzburg SPAR Grand Prix 10km race at Alexandra Park on Sunday morning, in a time of 32.22 minutes, giving her a headstart in the six race series. Tadu Nare wins  Maritzburg SPAR Grand Prix 10km The Ethiopian runner was runner-up to […]
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Caster Semenya has lost an appeal to the Swiss Supreme Court over a World Athletics ruling which means she must take testosterone-reducing medication in order to be eligible to compete. For the last five years World Athletics (formerly IAAF) has fought for and defended equal rights and opportunities for all women and girls in our […]
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Inspired by the impact that global connectedness and action has made towards overcoming the challenges of “Covid19-Lockdown” seven friends, spread across seven towns on three continents, decided to have some fun together and ran a lockdown “Comrades” relay as a fundraiser for KZN Covid-19 Food Relief. Seven mates relay run “the Comrades” to raise funds […]
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USA — Great Britain’s Marc Scott ran his way into history last night by breaking Mo Farah’s European indoor 5000m record with a sensational run at the Boston University Last Chance Invitational. Scott smashed his outright personal best by over 13 seconds to finish second in the race in 13:08.87, lowering the European mark of […]
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Athletics South Africa has selected a full team for the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020, which will take place on 29 March. South Africa team for World Half Marathon Championships 2020 The team is led by national record-holder Stephen Mokoka, who clocked 59:51 in Buenos Aires last year before going on the finish […]
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British Olympic hero Sir Mo Farah will begin his journey towards this year’s Tokyo Games by racing another of the all-time distance running greats, Kenenisa Bekele, at the 2020 Vitality Big Half on Sunday 1 March. Mo Farah and Kenenisa Bekele for Vitality Big Half 2020 Farah, 36, has won the past two editions of […]
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