Known for her unique running style, she became a household name and one of South Africa's most prolific runners.

Zola takes a slight lead in the 3000m final shortly before cutting in front of Mary Credit: AP:Associated Press. After initially disqualifying Budd for obstruction, they watched th footage from ...

Zola Budd Pieterse’s children have seen films of her race with Decker, but she has never cared to. “My oldest daughter asked my mother about it one time, and she showed it to them,” Zola says.

Eighties long-distance runner Zola Budd — who famously collided with Mary Decker at the 1984 Olympics — is coming out with a memoir that promises to lift the lid on shocking allegations of ...

The beautiful double-storey home with a vine trellis, swimming pool and gorgeous views of the Boland landscape has been Zola Budd's sanctuary since May and she's loving being back in the land of her ...

Zola Budd Pieterse ran along the Boulder Creek Path on a pleasant Colorado morning as easily and lightly as she did in those sea change Olympic Games in Los Angeles back in 1984.

The record-breaking 5-foot-10 distance runner from Timpview High was surprised Tuesday by BYU coach Diljeet Taylor and ...

British Olympian Zola Budd is famous for running barefoot, 'tripping' Mary Decker and being South African. As a 17-year-old, Budd broke the 5000 metres record, although the white teenager's effort ...

JOHANNESBURG -- Former world record holder and barefoot running sensation Zola Budd will compete in South Africa's Comrades ultra marathon. Budd still finds running "very challenging," and its the ...

Zola Budd Pieterse at the Coastal Carolina University track in Conway, South Carolina, on March 14, 2019. David Burnett / Contact Press Images.

Zola Budd and Mary Decker were perfect candidates to be added to that list of enduring sporting rivalries – except that theirs has an almost happy ending.