{"id":81788,"date":"2015-02-23T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/81788\/track-and-field-events-prepare-athletes-for-greatness\/"},"modified":"2015-02-23T11:47:31","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T09:47:31","slug":"track-and-field-events-prepare-athletes-for-greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/02\/23\/track-and-field-events-prepare-athletes-for-greatness\/","title":{"rendered":"Track and field events prepare athletes for greatness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Central Gauteng Athletics (CGA) hosted a splendid track and field event on Saturday, February 14, at the Germiston Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>There was a great turn out of athletes, and supporters also attended the event to cheer on the athletes.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This meeting served as preparation for some athletes and, for some, it was their first time in this league with the hope of standing a chance of being selected for the South African Championships team, at the beginning of April,&#8221; said CGA&#8217;s Mbalenhle Ngema.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had the opportunity to interview two junior women athletes selected for the 2015 CAA African Junior Championships, in March, Zinzi Chabangu, a long and triple jump athlete, and Udelle de Winnaar, a 5 000m walker.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;They were both very excited and delighted to have made the SA team going to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>De Winnaar said: &#8220;I have already scheduled a training session for the championships, I want to work a bit more on my fitness, as I feel it is not where I want it to be.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe the next three weeks of training will help me and I will also use the upcoming track and field meetings to prepare; I am really impressed with my times, but there is still space for improvement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chabangu, who has a personal best time of 6.16 in long jump and 13.12 in triple jump, said she feels really proud to have been selected for the championships.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am happy to have been selected, but I am not happy with my performance on February 14,&#8221; she explained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;I will work harder on my training sessions, so that I am good and fit for the 2015 CAA African Junior Championships.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='002ce1207eebc8842e032af7afe81953'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athletes prepare for African Junior Championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":81887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[6649,7919,1126,6650,1794,3018,2464,1106,979,969,1793,6247,6603,6040,6604,2749,6651,1119,1724,5142,2680],"class_list":["post-81788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-2015-caa-african-junior-championships","tag-athletes","tag-athletics","tag-caa-african-junior-championships","tag-central-gauteng-athletics","tag-central-gauteng-athletics-league-meeting","tag-cga","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-germiston-stadium","tag-local-sport-news","tag-local-sport-stories","tag-local-sports-news","tag-local-sports-stories","tag-puleng-sekabate","tag-south-african-championships-team","tag-sport-2","tag-sports","tag-track-and-field","tag-track-and-field-meeting"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["2015 CAA African Junior Championships","athletes","athletics","CAA African Junior Championships","central gauteng athletics","Central Gauteng Athletics League Meeting","cga","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Germiston Stadium","local sport news","Local sport stories","Local Sports News","Local sports stories","Puleng Sekabate","South African Championships team","sport","sports","track and field","Track and Field meeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}