Prudence Sekgodiso begins podium bid in style with new SA 800m record

A new year brings new beginnings – and for Prudence Sekgodiso, a new South African record as well.The 800m Paris Olympics finalist tried something different at the start of her 2025 season by competing on the indoor circuit for the first time in her career this week.In her very first race, she broke the SA 800m indoor record with a time of 2:02.30 to finish fourth at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting – the second Gold level fixture on the World Athletics Indoor Tour – in Serbia on Wednesday.Sekgodiso stormed to the front at the start on the tight indoor track, and actually led for most of…