The 2016 Olympic marathon gold medallist, speaking to reporters from his home training camp in Kaptagat on Wednesday, was sure he too could enter uncharted territory in Vienna on 12 October.
This is one of only a handful of point-to-point events in the country, where the start and finish are in two different locations.
AB De Villiers will turn out for the Tshwane Spartans when the tournament gets underway in November.
Simbine (25) has enjoyed a stellar year in preparation for his fourth world championships, winning 100-metres gold at last year’s Commonwealth Games and triumphing at London’s Diamond League meeting in July.
SA Olympic champion Caster Semenya is headlining a list of powerful women speakers at the Top Women Conference.
Semenya relayed the story of how she got into running and the battles she has faced.
Siya Kolisi missed the Springboks’ victorious Rugby Championship campaign with a knee injury but played his first game in four months in the Currie Cup for Western Province last week Friday.
With four players who featured in the win against the Pumas joining the Springbok squad this week, Province coach John Dobson has had to change things up.
The Premier League club could have faced a transfer ban, but the disciplinary committee of world football's governing body instead imposed a fine of 370,000 Swiss Francs.
Gauff is joined by four other teenagers among eight wildcard invitees: a trio of 17-year-old Americans in Caty McNally, Whitney Osuigwe and Katie Volynets and 16-year-old French player Diane Parry.
