Pietermaritzburg – Having achieved all that she could in her downhill mountain biking career, former women’s downhill World Champion Tracy Moseley now has her sights firmly set on a spot on the English Cross Country team for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and this weekend’s 2014 UCI MTB World Cup, presented by Shimano, in Pietermaritzburg will serve as the first…
Pietermaritzburg – Living up to his multi-sport reputation Stuart Marais raced to an impressive second place finish at the recent Total Sports Xterra Grabouw in the Western Cape. With less than a week to go until the 2014 CompliMed Midlands Ultra Triathlon the focus from off-road to road racing has to change quickly as he prepares for the South African…
Pietermaritzburg – Decorated South African multisport athlete Donovan van Gelder will not be taking part in the 2014 CompliMed Midlands Ultra Triathlon over the first weekend of March after he contracted a stomach bug recently and he believes that he will be undercooked when the South African Long Course Championships get underway at Midmar Dam on 2 March. Van Gelder has…
Blue Lagoon – The final curtain came down on the 2014 Dusi Canoe Marathon amidst a frenzy of celebrations after Andy Birkett and Sbonelo Zondi were the first to the finish line at Blue Lagoon in Durban in front of thousands of supporters, friends and family to round out a near perfect performance by the pair over the three exhausting…
Dusi Bridge – The opening stage of the 2014 Dusi Canoe Marathon proved to be a case of hurry up and wait for the pair of Bob Harvey and Tony Ferguson as they were left stranded on a rock on a unpaddled stretch of river, off the conventional race course for four hours before finally being airlifted to safety by…
Dusi Bridge – On an absolute scorcher of a day the Dusi Canoe Marathon dished out its fair share of drama as one of the top contenders broke their boat early in the race but the drama unfolded further down the field as a broken rib, a few broken boats and a bunch of foreigners all made their way to…
Howick – Sunday’s action from the 2014 aQuellé Midmar Mile, the 41st edition of the globally renowned open water swim event, got underway in a cloud of action as four more names were added to the 2014 winner’s list in the first two events of the morning. The girls 13 years and under and women’s 31 years and older race…