A small but strong five-member team will leave OR Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg) on Tuesday 18 March for Nanjing, China to take part in the World Athletics Indoor Championships to be held from 21-23 March 2025.

The team includes three men and two women. The men consist of Olympic Games 4x100m silver medallist and 100m national record holder Akani Simbine - who will compete in the 60m sprint, while African champion Cheswill Johnson goes for the long jump. Former African junior champion Chris van Niekerk will turn out in the shot put competition.

In the women's division, South Africa will be represented by two in-form athletes who have broken national short track records this season.

Prudence Sekgodiso lines up over the 800m distance and Marione Fourie will compete in the 60m hurdles event.

"It's a good team, I believe, which should see us reaching some of the respective the finals.

"I  want to believe that these are highly confident and inspired individuals. And with Marione, you can see that despite losing her reliable and respected coach, she wants to do this one for him. 

"We wish them well and trust they will strive to make their own history and break new barriers," said James Moloi, the President of Athletics South Africa. 

The team flies out at 11am.

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Athletics South Africa (ASA) is the national governing body for the sport of athletics (including Track and Field, Cross Country, Road Running and Race Walking) in South Africa, is a member of World Athletics  and the Confederation of African Athletics.  The association was formed in 1995 and is based in Johannesburg. 

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