Back on track: Junior sprinter Viwe Jingqi has Olympics in her sights

Having shaken off persistent injuries, Viwe Jingqi has displayed good form in the early stages of the 2024 season.

Viwe Jingqi winning the 200m race at the ASA Grand Prix in Potchefstroom on Thursday. Picture: Cecilia van Bers

Last year, she struggled to recover from appendix surgery and injuries, and her 2023 campaign never really got off the ground.She opened her 2024 season with a national senior best of 16.93 seconds over the rarely contested 150m distance at the Backtrack Classic Shootout in Pretoria last month, and she went on to win the 100m and 200m finals at the Central North West provincial championships earlier this month.Turning out again in Potchefstroom on Thursday, Jingqi won the 200m race in 23.

“But the rehab helped a lot and if I hadn’t done that and everything else I needed to do, I don’t think I would be here today.”While she finds her feet again on the domestic circuit, Jinqi will already be setting her sights on the African Championships in Cameroon in June and the World U-20 Championships in Peru in late August.

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