Two South African athletics records fell on Saturday, one at home on the road and another abroad on the track. In Zagreb, Croatia 19-year-old Bayanda Walaza won the men’s 100m race at the Boris Hanzekovic Memorial, a World Athletics Continental Tour meeting. He stopped the clock at 9.94 seconds, breaking his own national U20 record…
The 18-year-old Benjamin Richardson seems to love nothing more than to medal at national athletics championships. His tally for this season is three gold medals and a bronze. It should be no surprise. Over the last four years, the Tuks sprinter has improved his personal best time over 100 metres by nearly a second. In…
If the 100 metres Olympic semi-finalist, Gift Leotlela, can have one wish come true in 2022, it would be to remain injury-free up to at least the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. The Tuks-based athlete believes if he does, he might surprise many. “I know I have not even come close to reaching my full potential as…
