Akani Simbine Sets new African 100m Record in Hungary
Akani Simbine Sets new African 100m Record in Hungary. Photo: Twitter

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WATCH Akani Simbine Break African 100m Record in Hungary

South African athlete Akani Simbine has set a new African 100m record at the Gyulai István Memorial meet in Hungary! Simbini set the new African record of 9.84 seconds in the 100m to win at the Gyulai István Memorial World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Székesfehérvár, Hungary on Tuesday (6 July). In an article […]

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07-07-21 10:30
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Akani Simbine Sets new African 100m Record in Hungary
Akani Simbine Sets new African 100m Record in Hungary. Photo: Twitter

South African athlete Akani Simbine has set a new African 100m record at the Gyulai István Memorial meet in Hungary!

Simbini set the new African record of 9.84 seconds in the 100m to win at the Gyulai István Memorial World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet in Székesfehérvár, Hungary on Tuesday (6 July).

In an article on the Olympic website, journalist  ZK Goh says Simbine comfortably breezed home with the aid of a decent tailwind (+1.2 m/s), finishing well ahead of second-placed Michael Rodgers of the United States (10.00).

The 27-year-old took five hundredths off his previous personal best on the same track from 2016, and broke Olusoji Fasuba’s previous continental mark of 9.85 set in Qatar in 2006.

The men’s 400m final was set to be a possible preview of the Tokyo 2020 final, but defending Olympic champion and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk did not take to the start line.

Source: Olympics.com

WATCH Akani Simbini break African record

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