Akani Simbine roars to 100m victory at Rome Diamond League

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.AkaniSimbine gave himself a perfect early birthday present by producing a superb run to win the 100m at the Diamond_League meeting in Rome on Thursday night, writes ashfakmohamed | IOLsport

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CAPE TOWN - Akani Simbine gave himself a perfect early birthday present by producing a superb run to win the 100m at the Diamond League meeting in Rome on Thursday night.

The Commonwealth Games champion, who turns 27 on Monday, completed his European season with a fourth consecutive victory by clocking an excellent time of 9.96 seconds to hold off fellow African athlete Arthur Cissé, of Ivory Coast. Cissé stormed out of the blocks and was well in the lead going into the final 50 metres, but Simbine put his foot down and caught up with his rival, eventually winning fairly comfortably in the end, as the Ivorian took second spot in 10.04.

The South African couldn’t emulate his season’s best of 9.91, but considering the disrupted season due to the coronavirus, he will be delighted with his 9.96 performance at the Olympic Stadium – a considerable improvement on his 10.02 in Switzerland earlier this week – and showed that he could be the man to beat in Tokyo next year.

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