Sprinters need to keep pushing

Though he was delighted with the national squad's results at the World Athletics Relays over the weekend, SA relay coach Paul Gorries has cautioned that South Africa's sprinters will need to take another step up if they want to repeat their performances at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo later this year.

- Wesley Botton

In Guangzhou on Sunday, the SA men's 4x100m and 4x400m teams won gold medals, with the 4x400m squad setting a national record of 2:57.50.

In addition, the women's 4x400m team earned bronze, also setting a national record of 3:24.84, while the mixed 4x400m quartet finished fifth in their final.

In the process, all four teams qualified for the World Athletics Championships to be held in Tokyo in September.