All eyes will be on the home straight of the Stade de France athletics track in Paris tomorrow night just after 8pm as three South Africans line up for the semifinals of the 100m.
Hopes are that the trio will then return for the final later in the evening.
“But it’s always one race at a time at the moment... I’m looking forward to tomorrow and we’ll see what happens.”Also going straight through was US-based Shaun Maswanganyi, who is coached by nine-time Olympic champion Carl Lewis. He finished third in his heat in 10.06. “It's honestly exciting just to run out there with Noah Lyles, it's a different experience, but I’m taking that as a confidence boost, I know what it takes to compete with these guys.”
Later in the evening, SA’s 1500m runners Tshepo Tshite and Ryan Mphahlele returned to the track to complete in the newly introduced repechage round – for those who don’t claim the automatic qualifying spots in their heats. “I've loved every minute of being part of Team SA and representing my country… The Olympic bug is there and I definitely want to come back and improve on this performance. The next four years starts now and I'm looking forward to representing my country again and again and hopefully at the Olympics again.”
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