Asa Unveils Final National Team For World Cross Country Championships
South Africa's top distance runners are ready to take on athletes from around the globe in one of the most challenging and prestigious events on the international circuit, with Athletics South Africa announcing the final national team for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships taking place in Bathurst, Australia on 18 February 2023.
For the senior men's 10km race, a powerful squad featuring some of the country's strongest, most experienced and promising athletes wi...
ASA Athletes Of 2022
Akani Simbine and Zeney van der Walt were the big winners on Friday night at the 2022 Athletics South Africa Awards ceremony at Thaba Eco Resort in Johannesburg.
Simbine was named Male Athlete of the Year after earning 100m silver medals at the African Championships in Mauritius and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and taking fifth place in the final at the World Championships in Eugene.
Van der Walt was named Female Athlete of the Year after winning the 400m hurdles title at the African Championships, taking bronze at the Commonwe...
SIGN UP FOR THE COMRADES WEBINARS
Comrades Marathon runners have been urged to make the most of their training by registering for this year’s Comrades webinars. With race day in just over four months from now, the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) has implemented a series of online sessions to get athletes in South Africa and across the world “race-ready” for the 96th edition of The Ultimate Human Race.
Comrades Coach, Lindsey Parry has called on athletes to login and be part of the online information and training sessions, saying, "We encourage athletes, both locally and globa...
Team SA sprinters finish fast to win 100m gold
By GARY LEMKE in Lilongwe
If ever further evidence was required that it’s not about how you start but how you finish, the Kaylee le Roux is that example. The teenager stormed to the gold medal in the girls 100m at the Region 5 Games in Lilongwe, Malawi, and did it the hard way.
The Team SA athlete had clocked 11.97 seconds in the morning semi-final at the Bingu National Stadium and in the afternoon session she hit the line in 12.01, running in lane four.
But that doesn’t tell the story. After a sluggish start, she was lying sixth through ha...
Agency calls on athletes, entourage and all stakeholders to note major modification concerning tramadol that is to take effect in 2024
Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) publishes the 2023 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List), which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) during its meeting on 23 September 2022 and enters into force on 1 January 2023.
We also publish:
the 2023 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes as compared to the 2022 List; and
the 2023 Monitoring Program, which includes substances that are...
SASCOC hosts the second edition of Athletes Indaba
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) Athletes Commission hosted the second edition of the Athletes Indaba following the success of the Indaba held in April this year.
The Athletes Indaba took place at the Olympic House in Johannesburg on Saturday 29 October and some delegates joined the event virtually countrywide.
Khotso Mokoena, Chairperson of the Athletes Commission explained the importance of athletes and compared the sporting industry to a dry dessert if it is without athlet...
Return of OPEX to dominate Athletes Indaba
The return of the Operation Excellence (OPEX) programme is expected to dominate the upcoming Athletes Indaba between the SA Sports Confederation and Olympics Committee (SASCOC) and top South African athletes on Saturday.
In an interview with SABC Sport, Athletes Commission chairperson Khotso Mokoena revealed that, after a three-year wait, the Athletes Indaba is set to welcome the return of the OPEX programme, which is designed to offer support to athletes with the potential to qualify and earn medals at major championships.
“Operati...
