A huge contingent of 2354 international runners from 84 countries are entered into this year’s Comrades Marathon. The lion’s share of athletes is from India represented by a massive 403 athletes, Zimbabwe (255), United Kingdom (224), USA (173), and Brazil with 142 runners. The Top 20 international entry breakdown is as follows: Country Male Female …
Kenya’s Victor Kipruto and Veronica Loleo took line honours in the 2023 Absa RUN YOUR CITY CAPE TOWN 10K in the men’s and women’s races respectively on Sunday 14 May 2023, but it was a hard-fought win for both, particularly in the men’s race with the South Africans showing the Kenyan a little respect. Windy …
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SAs top runners are aiming high on Sunday in the Cape Town 10k race with all aim to finish in the podium.
The official route distance of this year’s 96th Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban will be 87.701km. Upon completion of the official route course measurement conducted by the Comrades Marathon Association’s (CMA) Route Portfolio, Department of Transports Road Traffic Inspectorate and Msunduzi Traffic, CMA Race Director, Rowyn James has confirmed that the official race distance …
WILLIAM Kaptein won the TymeBank Langa Freedom Day 10km race yesterday morning for the second consecutive year. The race forms part of the celebration of the Langa township’s 100th anniversary. Captain, who represented the athletics club TymeBank Langa, covered the 10 km in 29 minutes and 59 seconds in rainy conditions. Kaptein was the only …
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa: Ethiopian Hiyane Lama (Nedbank) stormed to victory in her maiden 10km road race, winning the 30th Cape Town SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge in Greenpoint in 33:42 on a wet and chilly morning. She pipped fellow Ethiopian Selam Gebre by two seconds in a dramatic sprint for the finish. Former …
ETHIOPIANS SNATCH VICTORY FROM XABA IN THRILLING CAPE TOWN SPAR WOMEN’S CHALLENGE Read More »
April 18, 2023: adidas’ ADIZERO franchise is ‘Made to Win’. And on the world stage today at the Boston Marathon, it helped Evans Chebet defend his title with the Kenyan storming to victory wearing the ADIZERO ADIOS PRO 3. Crossing the finish line with a time of 2 hours 5 minutes 54 seconds, Chebet becomes …
WITH the domestic athletics season gaining early momentum, all eyes will be on the ASA Marathon Championships this weekend. The men’s race promising to be a thrilling battle between world-class athletes possessing varied combinations of strength and speed. Tumelo Motlagale (Athletics Central North West) Previously a dominant force on the track, Motlagale’s ability in the …
LOCAL star Melikhaya Frans looks to defend the international onslaught Absa RUN YOUR CITY 10K GQEBERHA as Isaac Kibet get set for his debut. The Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series continues to build and provide world class events for South African stars on home soil as another two big names, Uganda’s Isaac Kibet and local hero Melikhaya …
TAKING place in Gqeberha, Cape Town, Durban, Tshwane and Joburg, the iconic Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series boasts an impressive combined Prize Purse of R 1 560 000.00 in 2023. Stillwater Sports, the organizers of South Africa’s award-winning road running series is excited to announce the massive cash incentives. Revolutionizing the road running space since 2015, the …
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