Though he holds a useful personal best of 19.95 in the 200m event, Simbine has concentrated on the 100m over the past few seasons and he has been rewarded for the decision to focus most of his attention on a single distance.
Akani Simbine hopes to become the first South African in over a century to claim the coveted 100m title at the Olympics.
Back then, with only four men turning out in the final, Walker clocked a handtimed 10.8sec. Next week, as he aims to break a 113-year drought by reclaiming the title, Akani Simbine is going to have to beat seven other men. And he’s going to have to run a lot faster than his late countryman ever did.
Having never previously coached such a prodigious talent, Prinsloo has since learned as much from Simbine as he has In April 2014, at the national championships in Pretoria, he finished second in a historic race in the men’s 100m final. While Simon Magakwe stole the show, clocking 9.98 to become the first South African under 10 seconds, 20-year-old Simbine crossed the line in 10.02 and it wouldn’t be long until he broke the 10-second barrier himself.The following year, he ran 9.97 to win the world student title in Gwangju, briefly sharing the SA mark with Henricho Bruintjies.
He missed out on the podium, however, at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, where he finished fourth.
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