Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 66, January 2015 | Page 8

WHAT’S NEWS

South African Athletes making headlines all around the world
RIP, Mbulaeni

Ultra stars excel in World
Champs

On 24 October the sad news broke that retired SA 800m star Mbulaeni
Mulaudzi had been killed in a car accident in Johannesburg. He won
gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, bronze at the 2003 World
Champs, gold at the 2004 World Indoor Champs, then went on to
grab silver at the 2004 Olympics as well as the 2006 and 2008 World
Indoors. In 2009 he added the World Championship title to his name in
Berlin, and two weeks later ran his PB 1:42.86 in Italy. After retiring, he
became involved in coaching and athlete development, particularly in the
Limpopo province, and the crash occurred while he was on his way Ѽ