Akani Simbine conserves energy ahead of Olympics 100m business end

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.AkaniSimbine’s one of three South Africans who qualified for Sunday afternoon’s semi-finals, alongside Gift Leotlela and Shaun Maswanganyi. Tokyo2020 Olympics Athletics By ashfakmohamed | IOLsport

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“You just feel it . You know what fast tracks feel like, and for us, this track feels really quick, and I’m looking forward to running quick on it.” Leotlela is brimming with confidence after producing a personal best of 9.94 seconds earlier this year, but he will hope to put the injury issues of the past week behind him on Sunday.

But it was a disappointing day for Team SA’s long jump duo of Ruswahl Samaai and Cheswill Johnson, who were unable to qualify for the final.The experienced Samaai was considered an outside bet for a medal, but felt afterwards like he wanted to give up the sport.

 

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