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Khatala secures African championships spot
Leemisa Thuseho
TOP marathoner ‘Neheng Khatala has booked her spot in the upcoming African Athletics Championships following her outstanding performance in the KwaZulu-Natal Athletics Championships last weekend.
Khatala 33:36 time in the 10km race earned her place in the African Championships.
The African Athletics Championships will be held in Algeria in June this year after they we postponed last year on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 33:36 time recorded in KwaZulu-Natal also saw Khatala breaking the long-standing national record of 36:29 set by veteran ‘Mamokete Lechela in 2002.
But despite breaking the national record and winning the race, Kahatala said she didn’t get the competition she wanted.