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Split-second loss: Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs (right) crosses the finish line to win ahead of the US’s Fred Kerley (left), who came second, while Akani Simbine ended fourth in the men’s 100m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Jewel Samad/AFP)
100M

Bliss and brutality on the Tokyo track

South African sprinters are exciting prospects in an exhilarating new era, and they are young enough to be hitting their strides now

  • Luke Feltham
5 min read
South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk (R) competes in the Men’s 400m Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 14, 2016. (AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI )
AKANI SIMBINE

Tokyo Olympics: Your guide to Team SA

South Africa will be hoping to build on an impressive Rio, but face a number of challenges

  • Luke Feltham
6 min read
Burned out: A perfomer stands next to the Olympic flame during the flame handover ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, on March 19 in Athens. (Aris Messinis/AFP)
AUSTRALIA

Olympics halt good for everyone

They took time, but the International Olympic Committee have finally done the responsible thing and postponed Tokyo 2020

  • Luke Feltham
5 min read
So close
AKANI SIMBINE

ASA and athletes view Doha disaster differently

Wanted: A single hymn sheet from which Athletics South Africa and its athletes can sing to improve their medal haul at the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo

  • Simnikiwe Xabanisa
10 min read
King of the track: Clarence Munyai is the South African record holder for the 200m sprint. At just 21 years old, he has plenty of time to make his mark on the world stage, and he’s all about pacing himself to achieve his goals. (Delwyn Verasamy)
2019 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Munyai and the art of training

SA’s top 200m sprinter has one goal in mind — a podium finish at the world champs — and he has spent the year priming his body to achieve it

  • Luke Feltham
6 min read