WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

SA middle-distance runner Ryan Mphahlele

Ryan Mphahlele targets World Champs qualification

Top SA middle-distance runner Ryan Mphahlele hopes to run a World Championships standard qualifying time of 3:34:20 in the 1500m event at the South African Senior Track and Field championships at the Puk MacArthur Stadium in Potchefstroom from Thursday to Saturday.

Akani Simbine of Team South Africa competes in the Men's 100m Round 1 heats on day five of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Alexander Stadium on August 2, 2022 on the Birmingham, Uni

Simbine aims to end World Championship medal drought in Hungary

South African track and field coach of the year Werner Prinsloo says SA 100m champion Akani Simbine could end his long wait for a medal at the World Championships in Budapest later this year.