South Africa’s men’s 4x100m relay squad, touted as medal contenders, exited the Tokyo Olympics in the cruellest possible manner when there was a baton mishap at the first changeover.
The fact that South African men’s sprinting is going through a boom period was emphatically underlined at the Tokyo Stadium on Tuesday.
All three of Team SA’s men’s 200m sprinters qualified for the semi-finals of the event by coming through their Tuesday morning heats at the Tokyo Stadium.
South Africa will have ONE finalist in the men’s 100m final later on Sunday.
Akani Simbine missed out on the automatic qualifying spot but his time of 9.90 was good enough to see him through to the final.
South Africa will have ONE finalist in the men’s 100m final later on Sunday.
South Africa’s trio of men’s 100m entrants have all reached the semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics.
Look out world, South Africa has a new sprint sensation in Shaun Phatutshedzo Maswanganyi.