Title sponsors‚ medical aid company Sizwe Medical Fund and insurance company 3SixtyLife‚ would also be involved in the SA under-20 and under-18 championships which will be staged under the banner of cold-drinks company Twizza.
The senior championships — which ASA president Aleck Skhosana said were compulsory for all athletes wanting to compete at the world championships in Doha later this year — will be staged in Germiston from April 25-27. The age-group competition is in Paarl on March 26 and 27.
He said the sponsorships‚ which also include adidas‚ Rhodes Foods and Vital Health Foods for both championships‚ would ensure athletes are treated professionally. “I remember going to the SA seniors at Stellenbosch a few years ago and it was midway through the afternoon and Caster was obviously running a few events and there she was lying under a tree in the shade between events and I thought this is a world-class athlete.
That rule was brought in after last year’s championships where some of the athletes withdrew after the semifinals.
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