On a tough day at the office for the Team South Africa, Tshepo Tshite and Zeney van der Walt were the only athletes to progress beyond the qualifying rounds of their events at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan on Monday.

National champion Gift Leotlela again produced the best performance by a South African athlete on Day 2 of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, taking fifth place in the men's 100m final on Sunday.

After breaking the African record in the first-round heats, the national mixed 4x400m relay team went on to finish sixth in the final on Day 1 of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday.

Athletics South Africa (ASA) confirms the withdrawal of sprinter Bayanda Walaza from the National Team for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, scheduled from 13–21 September.

The momentum continued to build ahead of the World Athletics Championships, with the second group of South African athletes departing on Monday for the global showpiece starting in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday 13 September.

Middle-distance runner Tshepo Tshite shattered the South African 1 500m record at the Diamond League meeting held in Paris, France on Friday night.

Two South African athletes reached the podium in their events at the seventh leg of the Diamond League series in Stockholm, Sweden on Sunday night.

Athletics South Africa has received with sadness the news of the death of Mathews Leeto of Holywood Athletics Club and his coach Adam Motlagale.