{"id":30416,"date":"2026-03-31T09:56:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30416"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:56:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:56:41","slug":"sa-awaits-relay-qualification-for-world-athletics-relays-in-botswana","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-awaits-relay-qualification-for-world-athletics-relays-in-botswana\/","title":{"rendered":"SA awaits relay qualification for World Athletics Relays in Botswana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa (SA) is anxiously awaiting final slot allocations for the upcoming World Athletics Relays in Botswana, scheduled for May 2 and 3.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the Lefika International Relays, the mixed 4x100m team of Joviale Mbisha, Tamzin Gelant, Retshidisitswe Mlenga and Tsebo Matsoso delivered a strong performance, finishing third in 42.57 seconds, a result that has provisionally secured their place at the global event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Athletics SA High Performance Manager Hezekiel Sepeng, the team is making steady progress, with a long-term ambition to qualify for all relay events at the 2028 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SA heads into the qualifiers with confidence, having topped the medal standings at last year\u2019s World Relays in China, where the team claimed two gold medals and one bronze.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30418,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-30416","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA is anxiously awaiting final slot allocations for the upcoming World Athletics Relays in Botswana","published_date":"2026-03-31 09:55:16","news_description":"SA is anxiously awaiting final slot allocations for the upcoming World Athletics Relays in Botswana","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30419,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30416\/revisions\/30419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=30416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}