Sinesipho Dambile to spearhead South African challenge at World Athletics ultimate championships

Commonwealth Games champion Sinesipho Dambile will spearhead the South African challenge at the inaugural World Athletics ultimate championships in Budapest from Friday to Sunday. South Africa's Sinesipho Dambile celebrates after winning the men's 200m final at the Commonwealth Games 2026 at Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, on July 31 2026. Picture:Commonwealth Games champion Sinesipho Dambile will spearhead the South African challenge at the inaugural World Athletics ultimate championships in Budapest from Friday to Sunday. Dambile, the only South African to make the podium at the Diamond League Final in Brussels this past weekend, will take to the track in Hungary alongside Gift Leotlela , Akani Simbine , Zakithi Nene , Prudence Sekgodiso and Marioné Fourie . Sekgodiso, eighth in Brussels, is fourth in the women's 800m, but dislodging one of the top three — Audrey Werro, Keely Hodgkinson and Femke Broeders-Bol — will be tough. Fourie, who has competed only once since the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, is 14th. The ultimate world championships comprises small, elite fields, with 16 in most track events and eight for the field competitions. Fourie, Sekgodiso and Nene will compete in their semifinals on Friday, with the women's 100m hurdles final later that night. Dambile will be the only South African in action on Sunday in the 200m semifinals and 200m final. Sinesipho Dambile lands SA's only podium finish of Diamond League finale