WATCH | Akani Simbine launches a first forSA athletics
South African athletics is set to usher in a first following the launch of Simbine Classic on Friday, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting.
The inaugural one-day track and field event will run at Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria on 28 April.
This will be the first of its kind to be held on these shores, with international athletes expected to. compete across a range of disciplines on the night.
The launch on Friday in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, was attended by some of SA’s top talent, 400m specialists Zakithi Nene, Lythe Pillay and Leendert Koekemoer.
