Akani takes sixth SA 100m title as women’s 400m hurdles produces two Olympic qualifiers
19 April 2024 — The women’s 400m hurdles provided one of the highlights of day two of the SA Athletics Championships in Pietermaritzburg on Friday. Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Zeney Geldenhuys was pushed all the way to the final hurdle by Rogail Joseph, just p …… read more
Akani takes sixth SA 100m title as women’s 400m hurdles produces two Olympic qualifiers
19 April 2024 — The women’s 400m hurdles provided one of the highlights of day two of the SA Athletics Championships in Pietermaritzburg on Friday. Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Zeney Geldenhuys was pushed all the way to the final hurdle by Rogail Joseph, just p …… read more
Puma Welcomes Athletes to Budapest Ahead of World Athletics Championships
22 August 2023 — Sports company PUMA has kicked off its celebrations for the World Athletics Championships in style, welcoming athletes and media from around the world to the official opening of the PUMA House. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXzpA0gAbaI Maria Valdes ( …… read more
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And the Winners Are…
In our February edition, we announced that for the first time since it was launched in 2009, Modern Athlete magazine is presenting a comprehensive annual Modern Athlete of the Year Awards, to recognise as many deserving South African athletes as we can, for their performances in 2023, across all the disciplines of athletics and running that we cover in this mag. And here, after putting out heads together and discussing,…
Giving Back to the Garden Route
The Mountain Ultra Trail by Ultra-trail Mont Blanc, or MUT by UTMB, is firmly rooted in the George community, and continues to support the region’s trail building and maintenance programs
Putting Shoes on Feet
They say the only thing you need to start running is a decent pair of running shoes. Unlike other sporting codes that need playing fields, facilities and equipment, running is just about the shoes and putting one foot in front of the other. However, not all aspiring athletes can afford new running shoes, and that’s where initiatives like Project Run come in
Training ON SA Vibes
South Africa has been a favourite winter training destination for European athletes for many years. What that means is that they head to sunny SA in their European winter months – our summer – for training in our great weather conditions, when running outdoors back home is likely to be washed out by snow, rain, wind and freezing conditions. Two of these athletes are George Mills of Great Britain and…