Sekgodiso thrilled with 'MR PB' after stunning Ostrava run

"MR PB!!" That was how South African superstar Prudence Sekgodiso reacted after running her fastest ever 800m time in Ostrava, Czech Republic on Tuesday night.

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The 23-year-old middle-distance athlete clocked a stunning time of 1 minute 57.16 seconds (1:57.16) to clinch victory at the Golden Spike meeting.

That eclipsed her previous personal best of 1:57.26 that she posted in Morocco last year, and it is also the second-quickest effort in 2025, behind the world lead of 1:56.64 by Ethiopia's Tsige Duguma.

Having endured a few uncharacteristic defeats in recent weeks, Sekgodiso bounced back to remind her rivals that she is building up to September's world championships in Tokyo in fine fashion as she inches closer and closer to Caster Semenya's amazing SA record of 1:54.25.

With two pacemakers taking the field through a reasonably quick time on the first lap, Sekgodiso kept her cool in third place as she waited for the right moment to strike.