MASTERS OF MIDDLE DISTANCES



South Africa boasts a huge talent of middle distance runners, especially in the 800m.   Masters athletes have been no exception.   The next World Masters Athletics Championships will be held in Lyon, France in August 2015 and masters athletes all over the country have set their sights on an experience of a lifetime.

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