Akani Simbine will shoot it out for the title of world’s fastest man later on Sunday afternoon after qualifying in the semifinals.
Akani Simbine will shoot it out for the title of world’s fastest man later on Sunday afternoon after qualifying as a fastest loser in the semifinals.
He clocked 9.90 sec to finish fourth in the third heat, behind China’s Bingtian Su , American Ronnie Baker and Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs . The rest of the field will be American Fred Kerley , Canadian Andre De Grasse , Zharnel Hughes and Nigerian Enoch Adegoke ,Gift Leotlela was fourth in the first semifinal, clocking 10.03 before he went down with what looked like a hamstring injury.
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