Akani Simbine had to settle for fourth in the men’s 100m at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday night, missing out on the medals by four-hundredths of a second.
Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy, Fred Kerley of the United States and Akani Simbine of South Africa in action.South Africa’s Olympic curse struck Akani Simbine in the men’s 100m at the Tokyo Games on Sunday night, condemning him to fourth place, the one position nobody wants, the so-called wooden medal.
American Fred Kerley was second in a 9.84 personal best and Canada’s Andre De Grasse third in a 9.89 personal best.At Rio 2016 Simbine was fifth in 9.94. De Grasse was also third in that final, and at the 2019 world championships where he edged Simbine into fourth. “It’s just a race, you know, it’s a final. The better man won on the day and really happy for Jacobs. I’m disappointed in myself, but happy that I could make the final.”
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