To be 0.22 seconds faster over 800 metres in the next 30 days is the challenge that awaits Edmund du Plessis. If the Tuks medical student succeeds, he will compete at the Paris Olympic Games. Judging by his performance, there is a realistic chance he will do so, as he is having a brilliant season….
Prudence Sekgodiso isn’t afraid of big moments. Under the floodlights of the Marrakesh Diamond League meeting in Morocco on Sunday, the 22-year-old South African middle-distance runner delivered a performance that sent shockwaves through the athletics world. Not only did she win the women’s 800m race, but she did it in a blazing time of 1…
Edmund du Plessis proved by winning the 800 metres in a time of 1:44.92 during the South African Championships in Pietermaritzburg that he is ready to race against the world’s best. The Tuks medical student’s time is one of the fastest in the last ten years by a South African athlete. Since 2015, only Tshepo…
