Team SA Olympian Adriaan Wildschutt, fresh from his 13th-place finish at the World Cross-Country Championships, has confirmed his presence in the Absa Run Your City Gqerberha 10K on 1st March, where he aims to become the first athlete to clock a sub-27-minute 10km on African soil. “It would mean a lot to run sub-27:00…

Due to severe winds overnight that carried on into the early hours of the morning, the 2025 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon was cancelled at short notice on Sunday. The decision was made at 4:45am, and communications to all runners went out at 5am in the form of direct WhatsApp messages and a dedicated running club…

The elite field for the 2025 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon on Sunday will include some of the world’s fastest marathoners, including two men who have dipped under 2hr 05min, four that have gone sub-2:06, and another four that have broken 2:07. The women’s field includes one athlete each with a 2:16, 2:17 or 2:18 to…

Ryan Mphahlele and Glenrose Xaba won the men's and women's elite races at the Boxer Super Run Durban, in 13min 37sec and 15:27, respectively. Mphahlele became the fastest South African on African soil, and set a course record. “The last time that I ran a 5km was two years ago,” said Mphahlele. “The opportunity came, especially…

Maxime Chaumeton became the first South African to run under 27 minutes, and in so doing he carved 33 seconds off Adrian Wildschutt’s existing national record when he finished second in the tRUNsylvania International 10K in Brașov, Romania. The 23-year-old crossed the line in second place, in 26:55, eclipsing Olympian Wildschutt’s previous South African record…

South Africa closed their World Athletics Championships campaign in Tokyo with a brilliant bronze medal in the men's 4x400m relay. Botswana took gold in the pouring rain with the United States claiming second by one-thousandth of a second over South Africa. Earlier, the men’s 4x100m squad was given a reprieve after appealing following their heat when their…

The penultimate day of the World Athletics Championships saw Team SA Olympic silver medallists Jo-Ane du Plessis and the strong Team SA relay squads in action in Tokyo. Du Plessis finished fourth in the final with a best throw of 63.06m. The men’s 4x100m squad was given a reprieve after appealing following their race when their…

Team SA's Olympic silver medallist Jo-Ane du Plessis was in action in javelin qualifying at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on day seven. She is one of the last remaining realistic medal hopes as the global showpiece enters its final three days. She threw a distance of 61.38m in qualifying to reach the final.…

All eyes were on Zakithi Nene as the Team SA Olympian went in search of South Africa's first medal of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on day six of the showpiece. Nene held the second fastest time over 400m in the world this year. However, Nene, after going out strongly to lead the field…