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Athletics

African and world athletics from an African angle, here on SPNAfrica News, with Live athletics events and Video On Demand stories on SPNAfrica.com

It’s a long way from Ceres to Flagstaff for South African super-star athlete

Adriaan Wildschutt, 25, has come a long way since his early days in the farming community at the Western Cape town of Ceres, but he has his feet firmly on the ground as the multiple track record-breaker sets his...

Moloi, Coe give support to trail and mountain running ahead of World Championships in...

With less than three weeks to go before the start of the 2023 edition of the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in the Innsbruck-Stubai region of Austria, Athletics South Africa president, James Moloi, has offered powerful words of...

Siboniso fired up for Gun Run Trail success

The cover has been blown on one of the best kept secrets in trail running - the OUTsurance Gun Run Trail Run.  Elites and trail enthusiasts alike have signed up for the second event at this year’s Gun Run...

Trail runners enjoying a spring ‘high’ in the Cape’s mountains

‘Skyrunning’ conjours images of peak performance and mountain freedom on top of the world. In recent years athletes around the world have been seeking new challenges associated with running at high altitude and on steep and technically challenging gradients...

Holly leaves deep tracks in Africa

Leading mountain and trail runner, Holly Page, has reached some of her sport’s highest peaks, literally and metaphorically. But for a group of young boys and girls from the ‘tougher side of the tracks’ in Hout Bay, ‘Miss Holly’...

Absa Run Your City series up with best in the world

by Stephen Granger Thousands of colourfully-attired participants running alongside scenic shores into the world’s most iconic city-centres is a well-established formula for some of the world’s most popular road races. Bay to Breakers in San Francisco, City to Surf in...

Stephen Mokoka makes it a treble at the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon as Meseret...

Stephen Mokoka made it three out of three with an emphatic victory at the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon this morning (Sunday 16 October) as the Mother City came alive in a celebration of running, health and wellbeing. And 26-year-old Ethiopian,...

80 days to go as Cape Town Marathon sends strong message of inclusivity and...

The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon broke new ground at their ‘80 days to go’ launch on Thursday (27 July) with its announcement that they had doubled the number of free entries allocated to runners who could not afford the...

RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town remains on course for Africa’s biggest and best trail show...

Athletes from all corners of the globe have arrived in South Africa to take part in the continent’s premier trail event, the RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town, which brings the traditional end to the global trail running season next weekend. Established...

Whale of a time ahead for Mvuyisi

Eastern Cape trail athlete, Mvuyisi Gcogco, arrived at De Hoop Nature Reserve in the Southern Cape yesterday (Thursday 3 August) to run the Merrell Whale of Trail tomorrow, excited about the first step of an adventure which offers new...
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