Cape Town - Former high-jump champion Hestrie Cloete (now Els) has broken her silence for the first time since allegations of sexual molestation were made against her husband, Jurie Els. "I stand by ...

Zurich - For the umpteenth time in her fabulous career, South Africa's Hestrie Cloete rose to the occasion to win the high jump on Friday night at the 2004 version of the Zurich Weltklasse TDK Golden ...

Description: Neither Hicham El Guerrouj (amazingly) nor Hestrie Cloete (unsurprisingly) went through 2003 unbeaten, but it is testament to their competitive power that they won the ones that count, ...

South Africa's minister of sport, Makhenkesi Stofile, came out to bat Tuesday for beleaguered high jump queen Hestrie Cloete on the arrival of Team SA from Athens. Cloete who claimed silver in her ...

Reports of a family feud and racism in the family of high jumper Hestrie Cloete could have cost her the Olympic gold medal, her trainer Martin Marx said on Tuesday. Speaking on his return from the ...

Johannesburg — PEOPLE like Hestrie Cloete have a lesson to teach others in various fields of athletics. Woman athlete of the year and the All-Africa and South African record-holder she has just about ...

One might have thought that retaining her women’s high-jump world title would have made it a good day for South Africa’s Hestrie Cloete at the World Championships in Paris on Sunday, but the opposite ...

South African Hestrie Cloete has won the last two women's high jump titles at the World Athletics Championships. Now she is looking for gold in the Olympics. The 1.85 meter-tall Hestrie Cloete says ...

Along with many high jump fans, Hestrie Els (nee Cloete), will tune into the Commonwealth Games final this Saturday, but not only to see who claims gold. The former high jump world champion will be ...

Johannesburg — ATHLETICS SA (ASA) CEO Banele Sindani yesterday heaped praise on champion high-jumper Hestrie Cloete, saying she had put South African athletics on the map and had made an incredible ...

South Africa's Hestrie Cloete delivered a flawless performance to retain her high jump title at the World Championships. The 25-year-old was untouchable as she soared to her winning height of 2.06m at ...

South African Hestrie Cloete justified her status as pre-competition favourite by winning the women's high jump with a Games record leap of 1.96m. Susan Jones produced a leap of 1.90m to take silver ...