{"id":32468,"date":"2026-04-20T08:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T06:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32468"},"modified":"2026-04-20T08:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T06:32:11","slug":"sas-manyonga-ends-seven-year-wait-with-national-title-win","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-manyonga-ends-seven-year-wait-with-national-title-win\/","title":{"rendered":"SA\u2019s Manyonga ends seven-year wait with national title win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African (SA) long jumper Luvo Manyonga has marked a powerful comeback, winning his first senior national title in seven years at the Athletics SA championships.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Competing at Coetzenburg Stadium in the Western Cape, Manyonga produced a winning jump of 8.04 metres to take the men\u2019s long jump title, his first since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The former World Champion had spoken confidently before the event about returning to form in his hometown, and he backed it up with a strong performance that left little doubt about his revival on the track.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After the win, an emotional Manyonga reflected on what the result meant to him, saying it was about more than just sport.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means the world. A person\u2019s dream is never over as long as they are alive. I have been looking forward to this since last year. I told myself God gave me this chance and I must use it. Whenever you get that chance, you must take it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32469,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-32468","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA long jumper Luvo Manyonga has marked a powerful comeback","published_date":"2026-04-20 08:27:24","news_description":"SA long jumper Luvo Manyonga has marked a powerful comeback","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32468","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\/32468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32470,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32468\/revisions\/32470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}