Olympics Special – African athletes to watch at the Tokyo Olympics
As the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games gather steam, African countries are looking to bag more gold, silver and bronze medals - in a wider selection of sports - than ever before. Here are some athletes to watch.
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The Voice of Running calls time on the mic
For over fifty years, road and cross-country runners in the Western Cape have enjoyed the distinctive tone of Harold Berman’s voice, calling late-comers to quickly register and hasten to the start line, sending the field on their way before...
South Africa’s Kubheka shatters 100km World Record in Italy
Lithuanian Aleksandr Sorokin held the previous record of 6:05:35 set in April 2022.
South Africa’s Sibusiso Kubheka has become the first runner to complete a 100km race in under six hours.
The 27-year-old long-distance runner crossed the finish line in a...
Five out of five for Kane
Kane Reilly lived up to his reputation as one of the country’s foremost trail athletes, with an emphatic victory at the 21st Old Fisherman’s Trail Challenge (OFTC) in Cape Town over the weekend (Sunday 8 June), while Lijan Burger...
Stellar qualifiers raise Africa’s hopes of a Paris gold heist
Building on a number of stellar performances in Olympic qualifiers, African athletes are primed for success at the Paris Olympics.
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Preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games are in full swing and African countries are assembling...
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),...
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...
African X trail run is back
One of the most exciting announcements in South African distance-running in recent months has been the confirmation that the AfricanX Trailrun is back.
One of the best-loved trail events in the country by both elite athletes and social runners, AfricanX...
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...
Stunning landscapes, farming hospitality and intense competition at Ultra-trail Drakensberg
New champions were crowned, dreams fulfilled and hearts broken as the traditional ringing of the cow-bells by the 100 miler finishers signalled the close of the sixth edition of the Ultra-trail Drakensberg (UTD) at the Premier Resort Sani Pass...