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National News - April 2003

Boston : Elana Meyer of South Africa has dropped out at 20K Boston : Van Dyk wins the men's wheelchair race, his 3rd straight title. 21 Apr South African 1 -2 with Krige Schabort 2nd in 1:30:07

Nagano Marathon : Thugwane finishes 2nd posted 20 Apr Nagano - Japan - Josiah Thugwane finishes 2nd in 2:14:18, behind Eirc Wainaina 2:12:00 , the man who finished 3rd in Atlanta Olympics Marathon. | more |

Two Oceans : Nobanda wins in 3:09:21 posted 19 Apr Cape Town - Mluleki Nobanda wins the Two Oceans in 3:09:21, ahead of Kaserai Sita in a closely fought race. Sita clocked 3:10:58. Hungarian athlete, Simone Staicu won the Women's in a fine 3:37:32

Classic match-ups in Two Oceans posted 17 Apr The Two Oceans marathon, to be run over 56km on Saturday, is shaping up as a classic confrontation between the pedigree distance racers and the ultra-marathon work-horses. No doubt the record prize money of R150 000 apiece to the male and female winners played a role in bringing the likes of Abner Chipu, Mluleki Nobanda, Nollies du Toit and Simona Staicu to the Two Oceans starting line. | more |

The Carlsbad 5000 : Shadrack Hoff 6th posted 14 Apr 6. Shadrack Hoff, South Africa, 13:30, $700 London Marathon : Zola Pulls Out of with Six Miles Left posted 14 Apr LONDON (Reuters) - South Africa's Zola Budd-Pieterse suffered a disappointing return to the sporting scene in Britain on Sunday when she had to pull out of her first ever marathon with six miles of the London race to go. | more |

London Marathon : Hendrick Ramaala goes sub 2:09 for the 1st time posted 13 Apr Ramaala assured himself a place on the team for Paris, if he so desires, with a Top 10 finish at London in a new PB time of 2:08:58. Ian Syster followed Ramaala with a sub 2:10 performance of 2:09:18 .. and in the process he captured a place to the World Champs.

SA marathoners tackle London posted 11 Apr It is hoped that by this Sunday afternoon, the South African men's marathon team for the IAAF world championships in Paris in August will have doubled in size to four. Hendrik Ramaala and Ian Syster will be contesting the famous London Marathon on Sunday, in their final attempts to dip under Athletics South Africa's (ASA's) world championship qualifying time of two hours 11 minutes. | more |

Shadrack Hoff lone elite entrant in Carlsbad 5000m posted 08th April Carlsbad 5000, California USA - Shadrack Hoff, South Africa's NR holder for the 5000m on the track finds himself racing against the participants of the recent World XCountry Champs in Lausanne, Switzerland. A Top 5 finish in this race, will undoubtedly be a great achievement when witnessing the names assembled. | more | Latest Cape Race Results posted 08 April | more |

100 Mile world record holder to run Comrades posted 07th April The world 100 mile record holder, Oleg Kharitonov, has announced that he will be running for the Mr Price World Team at the Comrades Marathon 2003. | more | Budd makes marathon trip to London posted 07th April BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa/ LONDON (Reuters) - When Zola Budd-Pieterse makes her marathon debut in London next Sunday it will be a far cry from the pressure she faced as waif-like, barefoot teenager in the mid 1980s. | more |

USA Marathon Championships - De Reuck 2nd posted 6th April A week after helping the USA to a bronze medal in the World XC Champs, Colleen De Reuck was placing 2nd in 2:37:41, in her adopted country's National Marathon Champs.

SA Performances at World XCountry Champs : posted 1st April Irvette van Blerk finishes 16th.. the only bright light at the end of a gloomy tunnel. And this is no April Fool's Day joke [ World Champs ]