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Pack leader: South Africa’s Akani Simbine celebrates as he wins gold ahead of teammate Henricho Bruintjies and Jamaica’s Yohan Blake in the 100m at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. (Adrian Dennis/AFP)
100M WORLD RECORD

Simbine sprints out of Bolt’s shadow

With the Jamaican out of the picture, South Africa’s favourite in a new generation of sprinters may just snatch the gold

  • Luke Feltham
  • Eyaaz Matwadia
7 min read
100M WORLD RECORD

One year on, lightning Bolt strikes again

Usain Bolt proved lightning does strike twice on Sunday as he smashed his own 100m world record at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin.

  • Ryland James
3 min read