LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 04: Akani Simbine of South Africa in the heats of the mens 100m during day 1 of the 16th IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017 at The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on August 04, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Roger Sedres/ImageSA/Gallo Images)
CWG2018: Akani Simbine’s Sunday race time and other athletes in action
South Africa’s 100m sprint sensation, Akani Simbine makes his first appearance at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday. There’s plenty of action elsewhere, too, as Team South Africa looks to add to its seven medals.
LONDON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 04: Akani Simbine of South Africa in the heats of the mens 100m during day 1 of the 16th IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017 at The Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on August 04, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Roger Sedres/ImageSA/Gallo Images)
There have been highs and lows for South Africa at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Saturday was a great night in the pool with Chad le Clos winning gold in the 200m butterfly, Cameron van der Burgh winning bronze in the 100m breaststroke and Tatjana Schoenmaker bagging gold in the 200m breaststroke, smashing the African record in the process.
It took Mzani’s medal tally to seven – and there could be more to come on Sunday. First things first, let’s deal with the man of the moment: Akani Simbine. He makes his first appearance in the 100m on Sunday.
What time is Akani Simbine running and can he win gold?
Simbine absolutely can win gold… but not on Sunday.
Both Simbine and Heinricho Bruintjies advanced to the semi-finals of the men’s 100m and will be back in action on the track from 9:35. Bruinjies will run in the second semi-final at 9:42 and Simbine is in the third semi at 9:49.
Akani Simbine (10.21) & Henricho Bruintjies (10.23) won their respective Men's 100m heats to advance to the Semi-finals #GC2018
— SuperSport Blitz (@SuperSportBlitz) April 8, 2018
Chad le Clos also has another opportunity to add to his growing collection when he takes to the pool for the 100m freestyle final at 11:43.
Full list of South Africans competing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Sunday
All times listed below are SAST.
Athletics
23:00 (On Saturday): Men’s 10km walk: Lebogang Shange, Wayne Snyman
6:00 Men’s hammer: Tshepang Mpethe
6:57 and 7:15: Men’s 100m, heats: Akani Simbine, Henricho Bruintjies
7:18: Women’s T38 long jump: Juanellie Meijer
8:40: Men’s shot put qualifying: Orazio Cremona
9:35: Men’s 100m semi-finals (TBD)
Results:
Lebogang Shange and Wayne Snyman ended ninth and 14th respectively.
Bowls
1:00: Mixed M2/B3 Pairs, Section A, Round 4: Princess Schroeder and Philippus Walker (directors: Graham Ward and Johanna van Rooyen vs England
1:00: Women’s Fours, Semi-final: South Africa (Elma Davis, Esme Kruger, Nicolene Neal, Johanna Strydom ) vs Malta
9:30: Open Triples B6/B7/B8, Section A, Round Four: South Africa v New Zealand
Boxing
5:47: Men’s 64kg, Round of 16: Sinethemba Blom (SA) vs Colin Lewis (Guyana)
Result
After compatriot Siyabula Mphongoshi has lost his opening bout on Friday, Sinethemba Blom put things back on track with a win against Guyana’s Colin Lewis.
Fighting out of the blue corner, 25-year-old Blom won 4-1. Of the five judges only Algeria thought that Blom hadn’t done enough for the win. He’ll now take on Ghana’s Jessie Lartey in Tuesday’s quarter-final.
Cycling
9:47: Men’s 40km points race, Qualifying round, Heat One: David Maree
10:12: Men’s 40km points race, Qualifying round, Heat Two: Steven van Heerden, Nolan Hoffman
13:01: Men’s 40km points race, Final: (TBD)
Hockey
8:30: Men’s Pool A: South Africa vs New Zealand
Netball
12:32pm: Women’s Pool A: South Africa vs Australia
Shooting
2:30: Men’s 10m air rifle, qualification: Pierre Basson, Bartho Pienaar
Result:
Neither of the team’s two shottists were able to progress to the evening’s final. Barto Pienaar was best of the two in the 18-strong field, shooting a score of 612.7 and placing 11th, just 2.4 points away from making the final which features eight shooters. Compatriot Pierre Basson was 15th with a return of 604.7.
Swimming
Evening session
11:43: Men’s 100m Freestyle, Final: Chad le Clos
11:59: Women’s 100m Freestyle, Semi-finals: Erin Gallagher and Emma Chelius
12:19: Men’s 50m Breaststroke, Semi-finals: Brad Tandy, Cameron van der Burgh and Michael Houlier
12:53: Men’s 100m Butterfly, Semi-finals: Chad le Clos, Eyan Coetzee and Eben Vorster
13:03: Women’s 100m Breaststroke, Semi-finals: Emily Visagie, Kaylene Corbett and Tatjana Schoenmaker (TBD)
Weightlifting
1:30: Women’s 69kg final: Celestie Engelbrecht
Result
Englebrecht wasn’t able to add a second medal for this code after Mona Pretorius got bronze on Saturday but Celestie Engelbrecht gave a good account of herself.
Originally from Ermelo, but now living in Johannesburg and having celebrated her 30th birthday just last month, she ended seventh of 13 lifters, with a total of 193kg – 83 in the snatch and 110kg in the clean and jerk. India’s Punam Yadav dominated with a gold-medal winning total of 222kg.
