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1980s Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

Wembley Twilight Fun Run kept flame of athletics alive

June 9, 2020March 24, 2021 admin 2 Comments Abdullah Gangraker, Abdurahman Adams, Colin Clarke, Donovan Wright, Farwa Mentoor, Frank van der Horst, Freddie Williams, Graham Schaffers, Jantjie Marthinus, Johan Fourie, Johan Landsman, John September, Jowaine Parrott, Martin Saayman, Melody Marcus, Odessa Krause, Odessa Swarts, Owen Machelm, Shawn Abrahams, Wayde van Niekerk, Wilfred Daniels

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS NON-RACIAL sport had always been ridiculed for not being up to standard. But this was without

1980s 1990 - Present Day Athletics news Copyright ©2018 Highlights Special focus

Top achiever Mark Frank is a champion of the underdog

February 24, 2017March 4, 2017 admin 2 Comments Cecil Witbooi, Colin Francke, Derek Fredericks, Ebenezer Felix, Jantjie Marthinus, Johan Landsman, Keith Meyer, Mark Frank, Michael Toll, Odessa Krause, Odessa Swarts, Shaun Vester, Shawn Abrahams, Stephen Cloete

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS TAKE something so ordinary, flip it, and do it differently. The words of Mark Frank, poet,

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Wayde van Niekerk coloured debate is a load of tosh

August 17, 2016August 29, 2016 admin 14 Comments Edwin Roems, Jantjie Marthinus, Mark Jacobs, Odessa Krause, Odessa Swarts, Wayde van Niekerk

By Mark Jacobs WHY the debate about Coloured or Not Coloured? This surely demeans the achievement of Wayde van Niekerk

Mondale killer instinct Feature

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Mondale owes it to Oliphant and Fester

February 12, 2016August 29, 2016 admin 0 Comments Abraham Oliphant, Herman Fester, Mondale, Odessa Swarts, Shaun Vester, Wayde van Niekerk

The Mondale post, Mondale is tops, garnered 1666 likes collectively and 284 shares to date on Athletics Clipboard’s very popular

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