SA discus thrower Hogan out of world champs

Victor Hogan at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. Photo: Kai Pfaffenbach, Reuters

Victor Hogan at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. Photo: Kai Pfaffenbach, Reuters

Published Jul 24, 2017

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Athletics South Africa has taken the decision to withdraw discus throw athlete Victor Hogan from the initial list of 24 athletes going to the IAAF World Championships in London to be held from August 4-13.

This follows IAAF correspondence rejecting Hogan’s entry as part of Team SA.

ASA had entered his name as the Area Champion based on his win of the continental title at the African Senior Championships in Durban in June 2016.

But the IAAF in its decision has noted that because of his subsequent last year suspension for testing positive for a prohibited substance, all performances achieved in that period are not recognised and have been scrapped.

In 2016, the SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport (Saids) announced that Hogan’s sample from the South African Championships in Stellenbosch in April had tested positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine, which is a specified substance.

He requested the B-sample to be analysed, which confirmed the A-sample. He subsequently received a ban for this and returned to competition in 2017.

The final team to London will now consist of 17 men and six women, and will be led by ASA Track and Field chairman Pieter Lourens.

Revised South African Team

Men

Akani Simbine (100m, 200m), Thando Roto (100m), Pieter Conradie (400m), Wayde van Niekerk (200m, 400m), Clarence Munyai (200m), Antonio Alkana (110m hurdles), Stephen Mokoka (10 000m), Luvo Manyonga (long jump), Ruswahl Samaai (long jump), Zarck Visser (long jump), Orazio Cremona (shot put), Jaco Engelbrecht (shot put), Rocco van Rooyen (javelin), Lebogang Shange (20km walk).

Marathon: Lusapho April (2:11:41), Sibusiso Nzima (2:11:43), Desmond Mokgobo (2:10:51).

Women

Carina Horn (100m), Caster Semenya (800m), Wenda Nel (400m hurdles), Sunette Viljoen (javelin). Marathon: Jenna Challenor, Mapaseka Makhanya.

Athletics South Africa

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