With the 2022 Spar Grand Prix season looming, past champion Kesa Molotsane believes Glenrose Xaba and Irvette van Zyl have a chance of wrestling the title from Ethiopian Tadu Nare of Nedbank Running Club.
It has been a while since a South African has won the Grand Prix, after falling short in the last two editions. In 2019, Namibian Helalia Johannes took the title. After Covid-19 forced a no-show for athletics in 2020, Nare won the title last year when the Grand Prix returned.
“With her level of fitness at the moment, Glenrose as well as Irvertte... honestly speaking I’m positive it will be regained. I’m looking forward to the day we keep it in our home soil,” said Molotsane of Bloemfontein. The six-race competition this year starts on May 28 in Gqeberha with the last leg on October 23 in Cape Town. Other dates for the 10km races are as follows: Durban , Mbombela , Tshwane and Johannesburg .
“Every race is just as important. History has taught us missing one can rearrange your status in the Grand Prix,” she said.
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