CAPE TOWN – Akani Simbine almost rewrote the record books on Thursday in the 100m with a sensational time of 9.82 seconds at the national championships in Pretoria – but it won’t count as a new South African mark.
He pulled out all the stops in the semi-final, storming to the 9.82 that would also have been the world’s fastest time in 2021, beating American Ronnie Baker’s 9.94, which was set in Austin on March 27. Despite the drama about the wind on Thursday, it is clear that Simbine is in superb shape for the Tokyo Olympics.
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