Visually impaired star Ndodomzi Ntutu defended his 100m crown at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Thursday to give Team SA a much-needed gold medal.
Image:Visually impaired star Ndodomzi Ntutu defended his 100m crown at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Thursday to give Team SA a much needed gold medal.And Jovan van Vuuren added a bronze in the men’s long jump, ensuring SA made the podium in this event for a third straight Games. Zarck Visser and Ruswahl Samaai ended second and third at Glasgow 2014 and Luvo Manyonga and Samaai first and third at Gold Coast 2018.Van Vuuren briefly led the competition after his second-round leap of 8.
Ntutu admitted afterwards that he had a few anxious moments in the race. “Somewhere mid-race I had a speed wobble and I almost got tight but I held it well together.“Today we’re standing here with a 10.82 seconds — this is my second-fastest time and I’m so proud of myself.”Even with the two track-and-field medals pushing the nation’s tally to seven gold, seven silver and eight bronze, Team SA remained sixth on the table behind Australia, England, Canada, New Zealand and Scotland.
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