Women Award Winners Rock 2014
Portia Modise and Gezelle Magerman make history to lead a bunch of women winning at the 2014 SA Sports Awards
SASCOC Announces #TeamSA for Glasgow 2014
SASCOC has announced an initial squad of 155 athletes of the full complement of 187 to the Glasgow 2014 Commonweath Games, at which 43 medals are expected to be won by #TeamSA
Upstarts and Old Hands Eye Athletics SA Senior Champs
Tebogo Masehla, Mpho Mabuza, Sunette Viljoen, Mapaseka Makhanya and Lebo Phalula among big-name starts to contest SA Athletics Championships from 12-13 April at the Coetzernburg Stadium
London 2012 Medalists Lead OPEX Squad
SASCOC’s Operational Excellence Squad includes 12 women athletes as the country plans for even greater success at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympics in Rio.
Viljoen Beats Olympic Champion
South Africa and Africa record holder Sunette Viljoen put in a sterling performance to beat Olympic Champion and World Record holder Barbora Spotakova at the ISTAF Meeting in Berlin.
Viljoen Fourth in Birmingham
Sunette Viljoen says she will keep fighting after finishing fourth in the women’s javelin throw in Birmingham. Her next event will be in Berlin on 2 September.
Viljoen Spears Bronze in Lausanne
African Javelin champ Sunette Viljoen finishes 11th Samsung Diamong League in 3rd position behind Olympic gold medallist, Czech Barbora Spotakova, and Russia’s Mariya Abakumova, and will take on her familiar rivals again on Sunday at the 12th leg of the Samsung Diamond league in Birmingham.
Viljoen to take on Olympic medallist
Sunette Viljoen, who narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal in London, will be back in action on Thursday night when she lines up in the women’s javelin throw competition in Switzerland.
Through the Lens of Reg Caldecott
Sunday Read: As we celebrate Women’s Month, gsport is also honouring the men who support our sports women. This week, we look at women’s sport through the lens of Reg Caldecott.
Hartley 1st Woman Medallist Since 2004
Olympic debutant Bridgitte Hartley rallies to bronze in the K1 500m final, becoming the first woman to win an Olympic medal for South Africa since Hestrie Cloete’s High Jump in Athens 2004
Viljoen: I did my best
Sunette Viljoen says it’s not over, despite losing out on a medal in the women’s javelin final at London 2012.
Semenya, Viljoen, Hartley Carry SA Hopes
South Africa will be cheering on medal hopefuls Bridgitte Hartley, Sunette Viljoen and Caster Semenya on Women’s Day. Go Girls!