Tricky Blocks Can't Slow Down 'always Competitive' Marione Fourie After World-lead Time At Asa Grand Prix

Not even a technical difficulty could stop in-form Marion Fourie from clocking a world lead time in the 100m hurdles at the Athletics South Africa Grand Prix 2 in Johannesburg on Wednesday night.

While Bayanda Walaza was again the talk of the town for his SA 200m junior record of 20.08 seconds, Fourie also reminded everybody of her talents.

The 22-year-old from Pretoria stopped the time at 12.69 seconds, which was more than two-tenths of a second quicker than the previous 2025 best of 12.91 by Cubas Greisys Roble in February.

Fourie went all the way to the semi-finals of the Paris Olympics last year, and will be hoping to go at least one step further and reach the final of the world championships in Tokyo in September.

Shes made a fine start to 2025, running 12.77 in the Grand Prix 1 in Pretoria last week, before finishing with 12.81 at the Gauteng North championships last weekend.