Team SA’s 2024 Paris Olympic 800m finalist Prudence Sekgodiso started 2025 on a high note when she broke the national indoor record over in distance in Belgrade, Serbia.
Competing for the first time ever indoors, Sekgodiso finished fourth in her race in 2min 02.30sec, shaving chopped nearly four seconds off the national short track mark of 2:06.05 set by Dominique Scott-Efurd in Fayetteville in January 2016.
“It’s a good start to the year for her and a major morale booster to her season ahead,” said James Moloi, the President of Athletics South Africa.
“Her performance last year in the Olympic Games will now prove to be the foundation for this year’s bigger picture. But she will have to push harder in order to reach a global podium finish and make a name for herself. I take the opportunity to congratulate her, the coach and all support staff for her achievement. Stay focussed,” he told GSport.
Sekgodiso stormed to the front at the start on the tight indoor track, and led for most of the race. But Italian Eloisa Coiro put her foot down at just the right moment to clinch victory in a time of 2:01.98.
Sekgodiso was pipped on the line by two other athletes, and had to settle for fourth in 2:02.30