SA teams chasing podium places and Olympic spots at World Relays

Sprinter Akani Simbine during the 4x100m relay at last year’s World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Picture: Anton Geyser/Gallo Images

It is unclear who national relays coach Paul Gorries will select for the heats or the finals in the various events, but there are strong squads in the men’s 4x100m and 4x400m events. This year, Athletics South Africa has organised training camps to help them combine better, and if all goes well, they will be confident of chasing a podium place.Wayde van Niekerk after earning the 200m silver medal at the recent SA Athletics Championships in Pietermaritzburg. Picture: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images

He also has the quality and depth to support him, with the squad featuring former world junior champion Lythe Pillay, Diamond League meeting winner Zakithi Nene, former World Student Games medallist Gardeo Isaacs, and 19-year-old Wiaan Martin.With the nation’s top male 400m sprinters focussing on the men’s relay, the mixed squad will need to rely largely on the quality of the women’s contingent.

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