Fresh from winning a silver medal in the men’s under-20 long jump at the African Athletics Under-18 and Under-20 championships in Zambia, Asande Mthembu is targeting a national university games title.
South Africa’s middle-distance runner Ryan “King” Mphahlele qualified for the World Senior Athletics Championships in emphatic style by running the fastest 1 500m time on South African soil.
It will be a titanic battle in the Two Oceans half-marathon in Cape Town on Sunday, with top South African runners competing for the coveted prize.
The feeling of bagging a silver medal at his first senior event has not yet sunk in for rising 400m star Lythe Pillay, but he's ready to make his mark in the top ranks.
Newly crowned South African marathon champion Annie Bothma recently completed the double by winning the Athletics SA national marathon title and the Durban International Marathon despite struggling with a rare disorder.
Olympic long jump silver medallist Khotso Mokoena has been elected as a new board member of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA).