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Wade van Niekerk and Akani Simbine to lead Team SA For World Athletics Championships!
Former world champion Wayde van Niekerk and three-time finalist Akani Simbine will lead the SA team at the World Athletics Championships...
Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 9, 20232 min read
USA names team of 139 for WCH Budapest 23
Ten world champions from last year’s event in Oregon will return to compete for the US team at the World Athletics Championships Budapest...
Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 9, 20233 min read
TDK and World Athletics to support world record programme in Budapest
Some 2000 athletes from around 200 teams will descend on Hungary’s new National Athletics Centre on Saturday 19 August for nine days of...
Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 9, 20232 min read
Stunning fusion of art and sport – World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 medals unveiled
The medals of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 have been unveiled, with 11 days to go until the competition begins. The...
Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 8, 20232 min read
Ratified: world records for Kipyegon, Girma and Perez
Women’s world 1500m record 3:49.11 Faith Kipyegon (KEN) Florence 2 June 2023 Women’s world 5000m record 14:05.20 Faith Kipyegon (KEN)...
Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 8, 20233 min read
Championship and national records fall at World University Games
Close finishes in the men’s 400m and women’s 100m hurdles resulted in numerous records being broken at the World University Games in...
Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 7, 20232 min read
Hungary names host nation team for WCH Budapest 23
Hungary will be represented by at least 25 athletes who have qualified by right for the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 on...
Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 5, 20231 min read
Fraser-Pryce and Jackson to lead Jamaican team for WCH Budapest 23
Jamaican sprinters Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson, the defending champions at 100m and 200m respectively, feature on...
Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 4, 20232 min read
Ukrainian team prepares for World Athletics Championships
The Ukrainian athletics team will gather in Slovakia this week for a final training camp before travelling to Hungary for the World...
Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 2, 20232 min read
World Athletics appoints new Director of Communications
World Athletics has appointed Jamie Fox as Director of Communications following a worldwide recruitment process which began in March this...
Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 1, 20232 min read
New study shows athletes how to beat competition heat
The potentially lethal cocktail of high heat and humidity, strenuous exercise and dehydration hit Czech endurance athlete Hana Švestková...
Sifiso Ngobese
Aug 1, 20234 min read
Asinga breaks world U20 100m record at the South American Championships
In his first international competition, Surinam’s Issam Asinga broke the world U20 100m record by clocking 9.89* (0.8m/s) on the first...
Sifiso Ngobese
Jul 30, 20235 min read
NTN supports World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 as an Official Partner
Japan’s NTN Corporation (NTN) has become the latest Official Partner of World Athletics, just in time for the World Athletics...
Sifiso Ngobese
Jul 29, 20232 min read
Response to Comrades Marathon runners’ concerns
The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) Board has responded to concerns raised by runners in this year’s 96th running of the world-famous...
Sifiso Ngobese
Jul 29, 20232 min read
2023 CGA CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE SEASON CONCLUDED SUCCESSFULLY
Central Gauteng Athletics concluded the 2023 Cross Country league season successfully on Saturday, 22nd July 2023 at Delta Park, Randburg...
Sifiso Ngobese
Jul 25, 20233 min read
ASICS becomes official sponsor of the World Athletics Athlete Refugee Team
World Athletics is delighted to announce that its partner ASICS has become the official sponsor of the Athlete Refugee Team (ART). The...
Sifiso Ngobese
Jul 25, 20232 min read
5 Tips to improve your athletic performance
Tip 1: Hydration One of the easiest ways to boost your athletic performance and energy levels is proper hydration. We know it might sound...
Sifiso Ngobese
Jul 22, 20232 min read
10 Reasons Why High School Sports Benefit Students
Athletics have been a mainstay of the high school scene for decades. Today, the field has merely expanded, encompassing an even greater...
Sifiso Ngobese
Jul 22, 20234 min read
Opinion | Student-athletes must find balance
Student-athletes today are faced with a difficult task. That task? Being a student-athlete. A “student-athlete” is a person taking part...
Sifiso Ngobese
Jul 22, 20232 min read
Elana Meyer wants SA running clubs to shift focus to the track
Elana Meyer walked into the room quietly and sat close to the entrance to listen attentively to proceedings. The young athletes who had...
Sifiso Ngobese
Jul 22, 20233 min read
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