Thursday, January 22, 2026

Extreme Sports

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Joyline Chepngeno continues her world-class form at the UTMB OCC

Kenyan athlete, Joyline Chepngeno, became the second African female athlete to win the Ultra-trail Mont Blanc OCC race around the Mont Blanc massif this morning (28 August) after holding off former winner, Chinese athlete Miao Yao in a desperately...

‘Still Water’ runs deep as Two Oceans Marathon sets sail for a bright future

The signature ink on the contract to appoint Stillwater Sports as the official Staging and Commercial Partner of the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon was barely dry when the Two Oceans engine room, dormant for some time, kicked into life...

Daniel Claassen races to top five position in Chamonix

Cape Town trail athlete, Daniel Claassen, got South Africa’s challenge at Ultra-trail Mont Blanc of to an impressive start yesterday (26 August) when he finished fifth in the 152km TDS race – the first non-French athlete home in the...

Cape Town wins bid to host the 2027 World Mountain and Trail Championships

In a ground-breaking announcement by World Athletics, Cape Town has been named as the host for the 2027 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships – the first time the event has been awarded to Africa and the second time...

Kenya power to the fore at Golden Trail World Series climax at Sierra Zinal

Kenyan athletes have dominated world distance running in track, cross-country and road in recent decades and are fast moving to challenge Europe and the USA’s dominance in trail and mountain running following their success in the world’s most competitive...

Mega-stars Gerda and Stephen headline Saturday’s Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon

Two of South Africa’s distance-running mega-stars, Stephen Mokoka and Gerda Steyn, are race favourites for Saturday’s Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon, to be run on the traditional 56km course over Chapman’s Peak and Constantia Nek, but a clutch of talented...

Two Oceans Trail is back as evergreen Nicholas Rupanga eyes a podium position

The Miwaylife Two Oceans Trail Races open the 2025 Two Oceans weekend tomorrow morning (Friday 4 April) with the traditional ‘long’ and ‘short’ trail races taking place on and around the slopes of Devil’s Peak and Table Mountain. The Two...

Underson and Marion on point at Pass to Pass Ultra-trail

Underson Ncube and Marion Leiberich produced the performances of the day at the Pass to Pass Ultra-Trail presented by Hoka, while Zimbabwe-born Admire Muzopambwa won the gruelling ‘Hundred’ in one of South Africa’s most testing ultra-trail challenges. Now in its...

SA’s Bianca Tarboton races to memorable trail victory Down Under

Otter TERREX Trail champions, Bianca Tarboton and Robbie Simpson, turned in top performances at the Tarawera Ultra-trail by UTMB, run from New Zealand’s North Island centre of Rotorua this weekend (Saturday 15 February), with kiwi athletes Ruth Croft and...

Otter’s champions set to take on New Zealand’s best at Tarawera

Current Otter TERREX Trail Champions, Robbie Simpson and Bianca Tarboton, take on a strong international line-up at Tarawera Ultra-trail by UTMB, New Zealand’s most important trail event, this weekend. South Africa’s premier trail marathon, ‘the Otter’, which takes place in...