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PUMA SCHOOL OF SPEED SET FOR 2020 TALENT SEARCH
15 January 2020Track and field stars will start the new year running with the much-anticipated PUMA School of Speed Series hosting five action packed meets between 22 January 2020 and 29 February 2020.
Headed by the World’s Fastest Man, Usain Bolt, the PUMA School of Speed Series was launched in 2016 with the goal of identifying exceptional young South African athletes who believe that their
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WORLD RECORD HOLDER KOSGEI RETURNS TO DEFEND TITLE AT 2020 LONDON MARATHON
13 January 2020Brigid Kosgei, the defending champion and fastest female marathon runner in history, will return to the Virgin Money London Marathon in 2020.
Kosgei (KEN) broke Paula Radcliffe’s 16-year-old marathon world record at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon last October by winning in an incredible time of 2:14:04. The record-breaking run came six months after the 25-year-old won the Virgin Money L
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KENYAN LEGEND AIMING TO WIN TITLE FOR A RECORD-BREAKING FIFTH TIME
15 December 2019Eliud Kipchoge, the greatest marathoner of all time, has chosen the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon as his first race since becoming the first human to run a sub-two hour marathon in Vienna in October.
Kipchoge has his sights set on continuing his incredible streak of record-breaking performances at what will be the 40th Race in London Marathon history on Sunday 26 April 2020.
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WOMEN'S RECORD SMASHED AT ULTRA-TRAIL CAPE TOWN
02 December 2019South Africa’s premier ultra-trail running event, the 100km Ultra-Trail Cape Town presented by Salomon (UTCT), was dominated by the international contingent in the men’s and the women’s race, with the performance of the day being Great Britain’s Beth Pascall’s convincing breaking of the women’s record by more than 25 minutes, and placing 9th overall.
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COMRADES MARATHON AWARDED IAU GOLD LABEL STATUS
28 November 2019The Comrades Marathon has been awarded Gold Label status by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU). The accolade is a feather in the cap for The Ultimate Human Race which holds a number of high-profile awards which have all contributed to the event's local and global prestige.
The IAU introduced its own labelling system for qualifying events to ensure that the race route is me
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ATHLETES TO WATCH AT THE ULTRA-TRAIL CAPE TOWN THIS WEEKEND
25 November 2019A large group of the world’s best ultra-distance trail runners will join local elite runners on Saturday on the start line of SA’s premier ultra-trail running event, Ultra-Trail Cape Town presented by Salomon (UTCT).
The UTCT 100km race is the final event on the Ultra-trail World Tour calendar, placing the race firmly on the international trail running landscape.
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STILLWATER SPORTS WINS PARTICIPATION EVENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
25 November 2019Stillwater Sports is proud to have been awarded the “2019 Participation Event of the Year Award” for the FNB Run Your City Series, at the recently held Hollard Sport Industry Awards that took place at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg on Friday 22 November.
This award comes five years after Stillwater Sports, one of South Africa’s leading sports marketing agencies, conceptu
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COMRADES MARATHON SUSPENDS CHEATS
21 November 2019Runners found to have been cheating in the Comrades Marathon are tarnishing the reputation of the sport and the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA), as well as disrespecting fellow athletes.
It is in this light that the CMA has announced the suspension of three athletes who were investigated for having cheated in the 2019 Comrades Marathon.
These athletes were found to ha
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JOHANNES MOST SUCCESSFUL SPAR GRAND PRIX WINNER
18 November 2019The most successful athlete in the history of the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge Grand Prix awards, Helalia Johannes (Nedbank), pocketed a cheque for R185 000 at the SPAR Grand Prix Awards ceremony at Emperor’s Palace in Ekurhuleni on Monday.
Not only did Johannes, a 39-year-old Namibian star, win all six races in the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge series, she did so in record tim
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LUCKY MIYA TAKES THE WIN AT THE 2019 K-WAY SKYRUN
18 November 2019Lucky Miya has taken the K-Way SkyRun title for the 2nd time in 4 years, winning in a very respectable 13hrs56min22sec, despite hot and dry conditions.
“It was a wonderful day today, but very tough,” laughs Lucky. “The 2nd half was brutal, but I am glad I managed to hold on and take the title!” Keeping it a completely South African
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