Germiston Stadium is set to welcome top masters athletes on April 9.<\/p>\n
The Central Gauteng Masters Athletics Championships start at 6.30am and will run until 5pm.<\/p>
About 250 athletes have entered the event from Central Gauteng, as well as Gauteng North, Free State, Central North West, North West North, Vaal Triangle, KZN and South Western districts.<\/p>\n
Some big names have entered, including Shaun Bownes (45), a well-known hurdler from the past.<\/p>
Bownes won a silver medal in 2014, in the World Indoor Championships, in the 60m hurdles, as well as in the World Outdoor Championships, last year, in the 110m hurdles.<\/p>\n
Other competitors to look out for are Chris Harmse (43), who still holds the South African record in the hammer throw, Monty Hacker (81) who won a gold medal in Lyon, France in 2016 and Salome Vermeulen, who will be competing in a brand new age group (50) and is aiming at adding two more national records to her list in the 800m and 1 500m.<\/p>\n
She already holds two South African records in the 45 years age group.<\/p>\n
Many of the entrants have competed and won medals at various world championship events and hold numerous South African age group records between them.<\/p>\n
Many of the entrants, who joined the masters after their senior days, rank among the top masters in the world.<\/p>\n
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