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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