The day Patrick Dowman cleared a record two metres
BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS EVER heard of the Fosbury Flop? No, it’s not a guy from Fosbury who failed hopelessly!
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Speed sensation Odessa Krause lit up the track
BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS “I’VE never seen anything like that before. An athlete with so much natural speed, aggression, pluck
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Kids’ chance to show the world, says field champion Janine Turner
BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS I WAS always eager to learn and improve my technique as a field athlete in the
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Mercia holds her own against the best
BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS FORMER senior schools athlete Mercia Smith (Misroll) was able to make a successful transition to senior
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Rhoode thrills at schools’ meeting with a record-breaking run in the 400m
BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS “THERE’S nothing better than to run in front of your own school at an athletics meeting
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Pure lightning – no engineering on express Terrence Smith
SPRINTERS, the scientists say, are born not made. One such sprinter, who drew applause from packed stadiums whenever he donned
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Belinda Nkonzo overcomes barriers on her way to the top
STAR Gugulethu athlete Belinda Nkonzo took all manner of coaching on board to become a top athlete in the fold
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Cash-strapped Toll in race to Masters
FORMER senior schools’ and senior men’s 800m champion Michael Toll could hardly believe it when in the new era
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Top achiever Mark Frank is a champion of the underdog
BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS TAKE something so ordinary, flip it, and do it differently. The words of Mark Frank, poet,
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Speedy Lincoln Bernardo and the politics of race
BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS ATHLETICS provided Lincoln Bernardo the perfect opportunity to pit aside the politics of the day in
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