New World Champ Kira Bester Leads Potent SA Team to Glory
The South African women were completely dominant in the 2024 ICF Canoe Ocean Racing World Championships, with Kira Bester winning overall for the U23 gold and Michelle Burn finishing second to claim the senior title
Danielle Strydom Doubles Up with Second SA Title in Two Weeks
Danielle Strydom claimed the women’s SA MTB Marathon Championship title at the 85km Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival on Sunday, less than two weeks after winning the SA Gravel Champs she won at the Race to the Sun
Samantha Sanders Crowned Queen of the 2024 Attakwas Extreme
Former SA marathon champion Samantha Sanders won the 2024 Momentum Medical Scheme Attakwas Extreme from Chandelier Game Lodge to Pine Creek Resort in gruelling conditions in the Klein Karoo on Saturday
South Africa Junior Women Dominate the 15th Africa Aquatics Junior Swimming Champs
South Africa’s Junior Women dominated the 15th Africa Aquatics Junior Swimming Champions in Mauritius, and after winning a majority of the events, the SA youngsters finished number one in the overall standings
Candice Lill and Hayley Preen Headline Cycling Gold in Swellendam
Hayley Preen claims Time Trial gold and Candice Lill scoops Road Race gold, while Toni Mould, Justine Asher and Palesa Manaleng repeat Para discipline gold medals, at the SA Cycling 2021 National Championship in Swellendam
SA Adds to Medal Tally at Continental Road Cycling Champs
South Africa’s winning form continues as both elite and junior cyclists earn time-trial gold medals on Day 2 of the African Road Cycling Championships in Egypt.
Out of Form Phalula Claims Cross Country Win
An out-of-form Lebo Phalula beat the best Mapaseka Makhanya (2nd) and Nolene Conrad (3rd) had to offer, to win the senior women’s title at the 2013 Athletics SA Cross Country trials in Boksburg on Saturday, and put herself into pole position for a place in the ASA teams to the Southern Region Championships, and World Championships
Silver in Junior Middle Distance
The Southern Region Cross Country Championships were held in Malawi over the weekend, and in a good sign for the future of South African middle distance running, there were good performances by the junior women.