The organiser, founder, and managing director of Stillwater Sports, that organizes the popular Absa Run Your City Series, Micheal Meyer, has broken his silence on the dramatic late withdrawal of the pace setters who were meant to guide Adriaan Wildschutt to a historic sub-27-minute run on African soil at the Gqeberha 10km on Sunday.
South African multiple record holder Adriaan Wildschutt may have crossed the line first at the Absa Run Your City Gqeberha 10km on Sunday, but his victory came wrapped in controversy after the late withdrawal of pace setters Ryan Mphahlele and Luan Munnik due to illness and injury.
South African multiple record holder Adriaan Wildschutt has told SABC Sport that he is doing everything possible not to overthink the prospect of breaking the sub-27-minute barrier on home soil.
Adriaan Wildschutt is hard at work in Potchefstroom as he fine-tunes his preparations for the Absa Run Your City Gqeberha 10km, set to take place in Nelson Mandela Bay on 1 March.
Fresh from a successful debut at the World Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida, Adriaan Wildschutt says he is eager to compete in more cross-country events in the future.
South African Olympian Adriaan Wildschutt has confirmed his participation in the Absa Run Your City Gqeberha 10km.