Saturday, January 11, 2025

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 the Robbie and Landie show in the Ultra-trail Cape Town pipe-opener

31-year-old Scottish athlete Robbie Simpson raced to an emphatic victory at the RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town Peninsula Traverse 55 km (PT55) in windy conditions this morning (Friday 24 November), while Stellenbosch athlete Landie Greyling won the women’s race following...

Showtime on Table Mountain as the world’s top trail athletes line up for the...

It’s showtime for Rand Merchant Bank Ultra-trail Cape Town (RMB UTCT) as the new-look endurance event gets underway this weekend, offering competitive international trail-racing over 100 miles (the UTCT flagship), 100km (the UT100), 55km (the Peninsula Traverse or PT55),...

It’s TERREX time at Ultra-trail Cape Town – and they mean business

With Africa’s most prestigious trail race, Ultra-trail Cape Town (UTCT), less than a week away, a closely-knit group of talented trail athletes with a global reach have made their presence felt in South Africa’s ‘Mother City’ in recent weeks. The decision...

Simon stars in Southern Drakensberg at the K-Way Skyrun

By Kelly Burke and Stephen Granger Despite a slippery, overgrown course from heavy rainfalls in the area, Simon Tshabalala, showed once again why he is one of the leading mountain runners in South Africa, by taking the 100km 2022 K-Way...

Celebration of post-COVID running through the Constantia Winelands

Siviwe Nkombi and Emily Djock took honours at the annual K-Way VOB Grape Run Half Marathon, run through a network of Constantia Valley Wine Estates this morning in a celebration of running’s return from the impact of the COVID...

Ugandan and Kenyan athletes plunder medals at the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships...

Ugandan athletes reigned supreme in the mountain running ‘Up and Down’ race on the final day (Sunday 6 November) of the World Trail and Mountain Running Championships at the Thailand resort of Chiang Mai, taking top honours in both...

Golden Trail showdown spectacular in North Atlantic

Remi Bonnet and Nienke Brinkman were crowned the 2022 Golden Trail World Series champions after decisive performances at the Golden Trail Series Grand Final at the Madeira Ocean&Trails® Stage Race over the past five days, while African athletes turned...

Golden trails lead to Madeira for season climax

It’s showtime for trail running as the world’s top marathon-distance trail athletes fly into Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese Island of Madeira, to take part in this week’s Golden Trail Series Grand Final at the Madeira Ocean&Trails® Stage...

Tadu Nare races to SPAR Grand Prix 10km riches in Cape Town

Small of stature but a giant at heart, Tadu Teshome Nare, raced to an emphatic victory at the 2022 SPAR Grand Prix 10km race at Green Point in Cape Town this morning (Sunday 23 October) to seal her top...

Ethiopians favoured for rich pickings at SPAR Grand Prix Series Final in Cape Town

Many of the continent’s leading female distance athletes will be in action at the climax of the 2022 Women’s 10km SPAR Grand Prix circuit in Green Point, Cape Town tomorrow morning (Sunday 23 October). Cape Town has hosted a number of...