Kesa Molotsane Ready to Serve SA Athletics
Rising Sports Leader, Kesa Molotsane, says she is ready to serve the needs of athletes after being elected Vice Chairperson of the Athletics South Africa Athletes Commission at the recent ASA elections where James Moloi was elected President and Shireen Noble Vice President. #ChooseDay
European Athletics Update
Tsholofelo Thipe and Caster Semenya leading the pack as comfortable winners in European meets this week as the London 2012 Olympic Games draws closer
Conrad Delighted at 5000m PB in France
SA steeplechase and distance runner Nolene Conrad was in seventh heaven after recording a sub-16 minute personal best in the 5000m at the Meeting Premium de la Ville de Montreuil in France
Thipe Lays Down London 2012 Attempt
Nolene Conrad, Tsholofelo Thipe competing in the Meeting International de Montreuil in France today, Thipe seeking London 2012 Olympic Games qualification in 400m
Athletics Stars Headline SA Team to CAA Champs
Caster Semenya a likely medalist among ASA’s list of 30 to represent South Africa at the CAA Africa Senior Championships in Benin come the end of June
Olympic Qualification Pressure Ramps Up for SA Senior Champs
Caster Semenya and Sunette Viljoen lead the charge to achieve Olympic qualification at Saturday’s SA Senior Athletic Championships in Nelson Mandela Bay metropolis.
Olympic-Bound Isabel Wins Prague
Olympic qualifier Isabel le Roux has recorded a good win at the 2008 Jozef Odlozil Memorial Athletics meeting, in Prague on Monday evening, when she won the 200m in 23.31 seconds.
Pillay Sets Pace in Final Qualifier
SA’s track and field stars have a final to achieve the IAAF qualifiers for the Beijing Olympic Games, when they compete at the Yellow Pages National Senior Championships in Stellenbosch on 14-15 March.
Chase is On for A-Standard Qualifiers
Tebogo Masehla and Violet Raseboya aim to break new grounds when they compete at the final Yellow Pages Series Meeting in Tshwane on Friday, where Masehla needs to complete the 3000m steeplechase in less than nine minutes and 46 seconds (9:46) to meet the Beijing Olympic A standard.
Potch Meet Thrills and Disappoints
Javelin specialist Sunette Viljoen sparkled at the Yellow Pages Series Meeting in Potchefstroom on Friday night, in an event during which ghastly winds played havoc midway through the meet, leading to the cancellation of the women’s high jump and 100 hurdles events.
Thipe’s Olympic Dream Threatened
The Sowetan website is reporting that Olympic hopeful South African sprinter Tsholofelo Thipe’s dreams of qualification are in jeopardy, after she sustained a hamstring injury two weeks ago.