Distance runner Adrian Wildschutt continued his record-breaking exploits on Sunday night, obliterating his own SA mark in the men's 3 000m race at the World Athletics Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.
 

Wildschutt took sixth place in 7:36.77, shaving more than two seconds off the previous national record of 7:39.25 which he set in Lucerne, Switzerland last year. Narve Gilje Nordas of Norway won the race in 7:33.49.

While they didn't compete in Diamond League contest, South African athletes Zeney Geldenhuys and Zakithi Nene, turned out in 400m races on the pre-programme in Stockholm.

Geldenhuys finished second in the women's one-lap event in 52.12 seconds and Nene was third in the men's race in 45.29.

"Adrian keeps going and he is well within his will to continue," said James Moloi, the President of Athletics South Africa. "The target is to always improve on your last performance and he has been achieving that."

"On behalf of our Athletics Family, we congratulate him, his coach and his support staff for the hard snd progressive work. We wish him better times ahead."

*  Records are subject to ratification. 

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