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  1. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    Hi everyone, Hope you are keeping well. Everything well with all of us. Some news on Emile and his injury. The tendon he tore under his foot is 94% healed. He has started track work again under strict supervision of his physiotherapist. Taking it very slowly but we hope that he will be ready...
  2. Mielie23

    2023 World Outdoor Season

    Another clip you might enjoy. Female 400mh
  3. Mielie23

    2023 World Outdoor Season

    I agree that he needs to run more 100m'. This is solely his and his coach that decide his program.
  4. Mielie23

    2023 World Outdoor Season

    I don't think so. We have no TV coverage for lower age groups. Difficult to get results.
  5. Mielie23

    2023 World Outdoor Season

    I thought you guys might like this U/18 South African Championship run at sea level in Durban.
  6. Mielie23

    2023 World Outdoor Season

    Thank you for the good wishes. He is in good spirit and has started working fulltime writing apps. We are keeping safe and avoid the areas that are bad. I will keep you updated on the other athletes and send results as they become available. At least we have power running a generator in our...
  7. Mielie23

    2023 World Outdoor Season

    Hi everyone. Hope you are all well. South Africa is really bad at the moment. The ANC regime that took over in 1994 has managed to destroy every single government institution in existence. We have always had a semi socialist state with most of the infrastructure companies controlled by the...
  8. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    I cannot say this often enough. Thank you so so much for all the support. I send all your messages to him and he is so appreciative of all the support. We have also made some good friends on castefootball and we are honored to be part of this family! Emile has all 3 of the F's!!
  9. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    Yes he did play competitive rugby. Just a little background for those who don't know rugby and South African sport. Rugby used to be our national sport before the ANC took over the country in 1994. Rugby was the sport to play for white boys and was considered the ultimate sport to play. It is...
  10. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    I will certainly tell him and thank you for all the support and good wishes!! He is at home now recovering from jetlag. He is feeling good and not sick anymore. Was under the weather on Friday and Saturday when he ran. Hoping he will get some good races in Europe.
  11. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    Hi Guys, just an update. 6th place they are not to happy but Emile ecstatic with his split time of 9.06 in the heats. They dropped Bruintjies who started and had Emile start in the final. Big mistake Gift ran back straight and only managed 9.24. Our handovers was the slowest and .55 slower than...
  12. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    No need to apologize some of the black athletes calls him that, haha, but it never stuck. Most call him the beast
  13. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    South Africa ran a 3rd in the heats and through to the final. Emile had a great run and ran the second quickest split on the back straight at 9.06! This was the fourth quickest split time of the heat. I am a super proud dad:banana:
  14. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    Hello all, Emile is running in the heats of the 4x100 tonight 6:05 pm Oregon time. He will be running the back straight. He will start in the finals. Nice pic of him in Eugene
  15. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    Thank you all for the kind words. Spoke to him this morning after 40 hours in transit he is pretty much trashed but in good spirit. Not easy to sleep on a plane when you are 6'3"
  16. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    Emile has just touched down in Seattle 1pm their time. His flight for Eugene leaves at 3pm.
  17. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    There is some interesting news. South Africa selected the 3 sprinter for the 100m that qualified on time Akani Simbine, Gift Lotlela and Clarence Munyai. Emile and Henricho Bruitjies qualified by world ranking and they were included for the 4x100. Of the 5 only Akani and Emile have Visas for...
  18. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    Emile on his way. First trip to the US. Long flights from Johannesburg to Doha 8h30m 8 hour layover. From Doha to Seattle 14h50m 5 hour layover
  19. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    Emile on his way to Eugene.
  20. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    We are in winter and no breaks until December. Damn cold at the moment. We normally have moderate winters with day temps at about 68 but mornings can drop to 23. No rain in winter though We have sub tropical weather we can grow bananas, avocados and any citrus. Massive thunderstorms in summer...
  21. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    We do not have holidays now and we are in winter, pretty damn cold at the moment:). They will be leaving South Africa next week Monday.
  22. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    Happy 4th of July!!
  23. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    Welcome to our thread. and thank you for your good wishes. Funding is a problem and Emile is mostly self funded. He still lives with me and makes his budget running the European circuit he and coaches kids up to 13 years at a local school and this helps a bit.. He is ranked in the top 100 in...
  24. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    Thank you guys. After Eugene they have a week until Commonwealth games in the UK.
  25. Mielie23

    Emilie Erasmus 10.01

    No competitions in South Africa at the moment. Winter in the southern hemisphere. Emile is training everyday just sharpening all the small hickups. He is in excellent shape. Athletics South Africa announced the team for Eugene today. Emile made the 4x100. We have 5 sprinters that qualified for...
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