Nigerian-born athletes John Adesola and Udeme Okon will fly South Africa’s flag on the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, because the Rainbow Nation unveiled a formidable 49-athlete contingent for the worldwide showpiece.
Their inclusion underscores South Africa’s multicultural power, with each athletes proudly carrying Nigerian heritage onto the world stage.
South Africa enter the Championships with three world-leading marks, together with Zakithi Nene’s blistering 43.73 seconds within the males’s 400m.
Nene additionally anchors the lads’s 4x100m and 4x400m relay squads, boosting medal prospects.
Within the males’s 100m, Akani Simbine leads alongside Bayanda Walaza and Present Leotlela, whereas Wayde van Niekerk returns to headline the 200m crew with Sinesipho Dambile and Naeem Jack.
The 400m combine sees Nene crew up with Lythe Pillay, whereas middle-distance stars Tshepo Tshite and Ryan Mphahlele goal podium finishes. Lengthy-distance hope Adriaan Wildschutt carries the nation’s 10,000m ambition.
On the ladies’s aspect, Prudence Sekgodiso anchors the 800m squad, with Shirley Nekhubui and Miranda Coetzee strengthening the 400m lineup.
Marione Fourie contests the 100m hurdles, whereas Zenéy van der Walt and Rogail Joseph deal with the 400m hurdles.
Endurance specialist Jessica Groenewalt strains up within the 35km race stroll.
Within the subject, Cheswill Johnson heads the lengthy soar, with Brian Raats in excessive soar.
Aiden Smith and Chris van Niekerk tackle shot put, whereas Victor Hogan handles discus. Kyle Rademeyer competes in pole vault.
For the ladies, Ashley Erasmus, Miné de Klerk, and Colette Uys headline shot put, whereas Miré Reinstorf options in pole vault and Jo-Ané du Plessis contests the javelin.
South Africa’s relay squads stay loaded with depth. The lads’s 4x100m crew contains Shaun Maswanganyi, whereas the lads’s 4x400m has Sabelo Dhlamini.
Within the combined 4x400m, Udeme Okon hyperlinks up with Valuable Molepo, Hannah van Niekerk, and others, sharpening South Africa’s medal possibilities.
With steadiness throughout sprints, distance, subject, and relays,
South Africa’s 49-athlete squad arrive in Tokyo brimming with ambition to safe a robust medal haul.
The total record
Males’s Observe Occasions
100m: Akani Simbine, Bayanda Walaza, Present Leotlela
200m: Wayde van Niekerk, Sinesipho Dambile, Naeem Jack
400m: Zakithi Nene, Lythe Pillay
800m: Tshepo Tshite
