SA sprint star looking to run the perfect 100m race this weekend
Akani Simbine is in the running to be the first SA sprinter to reach the Olympic 100m podium in 113 years. Picture: GALLO IMAGES/LEFTY SHIVAMBU
Simbine finished fifth at Rio 2016‚ having lowered his SA record to 9.89 sec a few weeks before. This time he is angling for a medal‚ having slashed his national mark to 9.84 earlier this month. That also stands as the African record.Simbine, who has been in the top five of the world since 2016, was stung after finishing fourth at the 2019 world championships.
“Knowing that I still had those races in my legs and coming out and still performing as I did [in Monaco]. For me and for coach [Werner Prinsloo] it did give us some confidence — knowing I do have a lot of petrol in the tank and that I can catch those guys after not such a good start and having to run them down.”“I’m looking to do the best I can ... I know that we can be very dangerous if we run a clean race and we run a perfect race and it’s just looking to running the best race that we can.
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