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Agony for Simbine while Van Niekerk secures semifinal spot
21 August 2023 — There was more major championship heartbreak for Akani Simbine after he was disqualified from the 100m semifinals at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday for a false start. All our World Championship coverage is proudly fuelled by PUM …… read more
Simbine and Tshite secure semifinal spots while throwers fall short
20 August 2023 — Akani Simbine got his World Championships campaign off to a speedy start in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday night, winning his 100m heat in a time of 9.97 seconds. The two-time Olympic finalist is bidding to break his major championship medal drought and …… read more
From Netballer to Track Star: Miranda Coetzee’s Remarkable Journey to World Championships
18 August 2023 — Just four years ago, Miranda Coetzee could never have wrapped her head around the fact that she’d be an international track athlete. It was only in 2019 that the former netballer decided to take athletics seriously and started training in earnest. Sinc …… read more
Surfing on Clouds
15 August 2023 — Putting On Cloud’s new Cloudsurfer to the test proved a most enjoyable experience, as these shoes lived up to their name, making me feel like I was running on clouds. – By Richard Laskey… read more
An Awesome ASICS Trio
15 August 2023 — The Kayano, Nimbus and Cumulus have been best-sellers on the SA market for nearly three decades. Now ASICS has set out to reinvent not just these shoes, but established shoe design. – by Sean Falconer… read more
Tales of a First-time Comrades Second
8 August 2023 — Being entrusted with the job of keeping two novice Comrades runners hydrated and motivated resulted in an epic day and a chance to experience the race in a completely different way. – By Catherine Dixon (with Janine Nortje) … read more
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
8 August 2023 — The 2023 Comrades Marathon will live long in the memory… unfortunately, for both good and bad reasons. Sadly, we also saw the ugly side of the running community come to the fore. – Opinions by Sean Falconer … read more
Ain’t No Hurdle High Enough
7 August 2023 — The women’s 100m hurdles is fast becoming one of the most highly anticipated events on the SA athletics scene, thanks to a new crop of young hurdlers coming to the fore. – By Wilhelm De Swardt with Sean Falconer … read more
A Marathon a Day…
20 July 2023 — Between September 2019 and July 2021, Rupert van Vuuren averaged a marathon a day for 658 consecutive days, in a remarkable running challenge that saw him cover some 28,000 kilometres as he ran for a cause close to his heart. Of course, he had to overc …… read more
#ComradesGate, The Great Debate!
7 July 2023 — We know that many of our readers are Comrades runners, and we’re keen to get your viewpoint on some of the concerning issues that have come out of the 2023 Comrades Marathon, so please take our poll and let us know your thoughts. Loading…… read more