Kenya strikes gold in the land of the rising sun
Kenya led a strong African performance at the 2025 World Championships which ended in Tokyo on Sunday (21 September), finishing second to the USA on the medals table with 7 gold medals in their total haul of 11. Eight...
It’s the old guard vs newcomers in mouthwatering contest at Cape Town Trail Marathon
The Cape Town Trail Marathon by Ryan Sandes has become an important adjunct to the main event on this weekend’s festival of distance running – Sunday’s Sanlam Cape Town Marathon – with many of the country’s top trail athletes...
An emotional reunion as Elana and Deratu meet again in Barcelona – host city...
by Stephen Granger
Elana Meyer and Deratu Tulu’s shared celebration of their gold and silver medal-winning performances in the 10 000m at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics remains one of the world’s most powerful images. Thirty years after the two young athletes...
Brandon and Michelle are Maxi Race royalty in storm-affected race
George athlete, Brandon Hulley, overcame some of the toughest trail conditions in the business, to win his first major career title at the K-Way Maxi Race Cape Winelands 75km, presented by Banhoek Chilli Oil, at Stellenbosch over the weekend...
Kandie’s 21km time – is this a revolution?
by Stephen Granger
Kibiwott Kandie’s world record-breaking run in the Valencia Half Marathon was a remarkable feat of distance-running.
Kandie led three others across the line faster than his Kenyan compatriot Geoffrey Kamworwor’s former world record of 58 min 01 sec....
South Africa’s leading distance athletes nominated for Modern Athlete of the Year Awards
Landie Greyling, Sipho Mbanjwa, Toni McCann, Siboniso Soldaka, Daniel Claassen and Bianca Tarboton are just some of the nominees for the trail running component in the Modern Athlete of the Year Award for 2023, announced today (Friday 9 February)...
Can Mokoka make it three in a row at the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon?
A new route filled with icons and opportunities, the return of the masses, serious wheel-chair speed racing, a local action hero, party fun and entertainment and the excitement of the first year of Abbott Marathon Major candidacy – those...
Kipchoge, Omanyala and Kipyegon headline Kenya’s dream team to the Paris Olympics
The Olympic trials at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi this past weekend revealed the athletes who will represent Kenya at the Paris Olympics. The nation aims to improve upon its 2020 performance in Tokyo, where it ranked 1st in Africa...
Paris 2024: Sifan Hassan bags a marathon gold in a triumph for Africa
Sifan Hassan ended an ambitious and exhausting Paris Olympic Games in triumph when she broke the tape to win the women’s marathon at the Esplanade Invalides.
by Stephen Granger, bird story agency
As in the previous Games, Sifan Hassan took on...
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...