OPINION: SA Sport Awards continues to lose credibility
As an example, sprinter Leendert Koekemoer, who did meet the U-18 age limit, formed part of the national senior 4x400m relay teams that won gold at the World Athletics Relays and secured bronze at the World Athletics Championships, and he broke the long-standing national junior 400m record, but representatives of the SA Sport Awards have confirmed he wasn’t even considered as a nominee.
Having won the world indoor 800m title in 2025, the Sportswoman of the Year award Sekgodiso received at the weekend was arguably well deserved, but she hasn’t met the age limit criteria to be nominated for Junior Sport Star of the Year since 2019.
Nominees don’t meet criteria In the Junior Sport Star of the Year category, the criteria states that nominees must be under the age of 18.
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