Martin Saayman

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Wembley Twilight Fun Run kept flame of athletics alive

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

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Tributes pour in from around the world for champion runner David Snyders

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS DAVID Snyders, who died yesterday morning at the age of 63, was the South African Amateur...

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Saayman travelled the long road to success

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the second chapter of a two-part series about former star athlete Martin Saayman (Read...

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Street mile runs out of favour in South Africa

THE Sacos-affiliated Western Province Amateur Athletic Union (WPAAU) provided the different forms of athletics to the disenfranchised in the Western...

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A day to savour for Ronald Williams

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THIS is the final chapter of a two-part series about former star Ronald Williams who held...

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How racial politics barred SA athletes from the international spotlight

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the first chapter of a three-part series about former star athlete Johan Landsman of...

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A question of time for top gun John September

JOHN September wanted nothing more than to improve on his time and be one of the best road runners the...

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SASSSA champ Simpson’s talent not fully exploited

O’NEIL SIMPSON (September) of Boland was a highly talented middle-distance athlete. An athlete short in stature, he held the South African...

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