The fact that South African men’s sprinting is going through a boom period was emphatically underlined at the Tokyo Stadium on Tuesday.
Simone Biles made her long-awaited return to the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, taking bronze in the beam final won by Chinese teenager Guan Chenchen.
All three of Team SA’s men’s 200m sprinters qualified for the semi-finals of the event by coming through their Tuesday morning heats at the Tokyo Stadium.
South African sprint trio Anaso Jobodwana, Phatushedzo Maswanganyi and Clarence Munyai made history with their semifinals qualification at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Tuesday morning.
Canada’s Pamela Ware suffered a diver’s worst nightmare at the Tokyo Olympics after scoring ZERO with a feet-first entrance in the 3m springboard.
Shericka Jackson blew her chance of a 200m medal when she jogged the final few metres in the heats – and was knocked out of contention!
It was a rough day for Wayde van Niekerk, but he’s still got the backing of his fans – and his Olympic journey doesn’t end here, either.
Just as well that there were no spectators in the Tokyo Stadium when Wayde van Niekerk ran in his 400m semi-final on Monday.
Pioneering transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard crashed out of her Tokyo Olympics final after botching all three of her lift attempts in the snatch section of the +87kg category.
South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk has failed to advance to the final of the men’s 400m at the Tokyo Olympics.
Simone Biles is set to return to competition at the Tokyo Olympics for the closing women’s gymnastics beam final on Tuesday.
There are four remaining events at the Tokyo Olympics where South Africa has a decent chance of claiming another gold medal – here’s what you need to know.
British Olympic swimming star Adam Peaty said he had been under a “huge amount of pressure” as he explained his decision to join other top athletes in taking a mental health break.
South Africa’s 400m Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk faces a daunting task should he wish to defend his one-lap title at the Tokyo Olympics.
Tokyo Olympics officials said they were “looking into” US shot putter Raven Saunders after she made the first podium protest of the Games.
Rory Sabbatini was the unlikeliest of medalists on Sunday in the Tokyo Olympics golf competition as he blazed to a record-breaking 10-under-par 61 in the final round.
South Africa’s Akani Simbine has finished outside the medals in fourth place in the final of the men’s 100m final.
South Africa will have ONE finalist in the men’s 100m final later on Sunday.
Akani Simbine missed out on the automatic qualifying spot but his time of 9.90 was good enough to see him through to the final.
South Africa will have ONE finalist in the men’s 100m final later on Sunday.
South Africa’s trio of men’s 100m entrants have all reached the semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics.
It was a day to forget for South Africa’s two men’s long jumpers in qualifying at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
The men’s 100-metre sprint heats at the Tokyo Olympics were hit by controversy but it wouldn’t stop Akani Simbine from progressing.
Pablo Carreno Busta claimed an Olympic Bronze medal in the men’s singles competition, overcoming World number one Novak Djokovic.
Akani Simbine is right where he wants to be. That is, in Lane 4 in his heat later on Saturday as he starts his build-up to be crowned the fastest man on earth on Sunday.