Zola Budd is back on the track with a new name and she hopes bright new racing prospects. Now wed to Mike Pie terse and racing under her married name she recently won a 3000 meter race in 8 minutes 42.26 seconds the fastest time in the world this year. She would have been third in the world with that time in 1990.
She said she would like to run internationally and in the Olympics again. She also expressed interest in competing in the London marathon.
She ran in the 1984 Olympics as a member of the British team and was involved in a collision with Mary Decker Slaney in the 3000 meter’s. But to complete for South Africa if it is allowed back into the Olympics as apartheid is eliminated she would need approval from the International Olympic Committee
“At the moment I am not banking on anything beyond the South African championships in April” Zola said. “But these are momentous times in South Africa and with all that is happening it will be possible for me to run for my country internationally in the future”
NEW DELHI: India will play host to a very important junior tennis event — the NEC world youth cup 1991 (Asian/Austral Asian zone) from May 6 to 12 at Bombay.
Article extracted from this publication >> April 12, 1991
