Caster Semenya receives courage award from Billie Jean King in New York
About the Nike ad, she said: “It’s just to inspire the youth, to be honest. They see light in me. So they can see a better future.”
18 October 2018 | AthleticsMore from Athletics
Even a bus has difficulty climbing Soweto Marathon hills
“Soweto clubs are always very supportive of the race, and they will be out in their numbers to ensure that it is a success.”
18 October 2018 | Athletics
SA Youth Olympians not playing games in Buenos Aires
The Team South Africa class of 2018 will return home with a better medals tally than their last outing to Nanjing in China
18 October 2018 | Team SA
Injury may hamper Jornet’s Otter trail-run bid
The Spanish trail running star revealing that an injury picked up in Scotland last month had prevented him from running in the past four weeks
18 October 2018 | Athletics
Luke Davids: I started beating my chest as I told myself, ‘Finally you did it boy!’
“It was really tough, as it almost got to me. And then I told myself ‘No, it’s not going to get to me. This is yours boy. Go for it’.”
17 October 2018 | Team SA
IAAF ‘very confident’ of new rules, expect court to reject Caster Semenya’s challenge
The Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing is expected to take place in February, with a decision possible in March.
17 October 2018 | Athletics
It hasn't sunk in yet, says Cape Town’s latest Olympic sprint champ
The feeling of being the fastest young man in the world and being No.1 is amazing,” Davids told the Youth Olympics website
17 October 2018 | Team SA
Team SA Youth Olympics medal hunt dries up as athletes fail to make the podium
Team South Africa's strong athletics contingent fails to add any more medals to their Youth Olympics tally
17 October 2018 | Team SA
Athletics SA welcomes delay of new IAAF gender rules
Athletics SA has welcomed the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sports to postpone the implementation of the IAAF's new gender rules.
16 October 2018 | Athletics
Youth Olympics 100m champ Luke Davids is a very funny guy, says ‘proud’ coach Van Wyk
“I said to him someone will need to run faster by 0.3 of a second, and there’s no way that they can make up such a lot of time.”
16 October 2018 | Team SA
IAAF delays new gender rules over Caster Semenya CAS case
The IAAF has announced that it will postpone the implementation of controversial new gender rules which would have affected Caster Semenya.
16 October 2018 | Athletics
Watch: Medal glory for SA athletes at Youth Olympics
Shot putter Dane Roets followed on the heels of sprinter Luke Davids on Monday to clinch the bronze medal at the youth Olympics
16 October 2018 | Team SA
The feeling is amazing, says SA’s new 100m Youth Olympics champion Luke Davids
“People from Argentina seem as if they were from South Africa because of their kindness and, for that reason, I felt at home.”
16 October 2018 | Team SA
TeamSA sprinter Luke Davids takes gold at Youth Olympics
Following a quiet few days for Team SA at the Youth Olympics, sprinter Luke Davids pulled out all the stops to take Gold in the men's 100m
16 October 2018 | Athletics
Retired sprint legend Bolt fumes over drug test notice
The out of competition test - to collect urine and blood - appears to have been issued by Football Federation Australia
15 October 2018 | Athletics
Luke Davids eyeing 100m gold medal after winning heat at Youth Olympics
Lindokuhle Gora was second quickest in the boys 400m hurdles heats, clocking a PB of 51.70 and sticking up his hand ahead of Tuesday’s final.
14 October 2018 | Athletics