South African middle-distance coach Elvis Khoza, based in Tembisa and coaching athletes on scholarships at the University of Johannesburg, is reaping the rewards of his hard work.
South African middle-distance runner Ryan Mphahlele has been training under the guidance of his coach, Elvis Khoza since he was nine years old.
South Africa’s top middle-distance runner Ryan Mphahlele has already earned himself a place in Team South Africa’s World Athletics Championships squad set to compete in Budapest, Hungary, in August.
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.
All eyes will be on the 1 500m showdown between SA champion Tshepo Tshite, Nkosinathi Sibiya, and hometown favourite Ryan Mphahlele in the Athletics SA Grand Prix Continental Tour Challenger at the Germiston Stadium on Wednesday.
Top SA middle-distance runner Ryan Mphahlele hopes to run a World Championships standard qualifying time of 3:34:20 in the 1500m event at the South African Senior Track and Field championships at the Puk MacArthur Stadium in Potchefstroom from Thursday to Saturday.