Gigantic Kyle Blignaut gave Team SA a rare reason to smile on a tough day at the Tokyo Olympic athletics stadium on Tuesday as he qualified for the men’s shot put final.
All three 200m competitors — Anaso Jobodwana‚ Shaun Maswanganyi and Clarence Munyai — advanced through the heats in the morning‚ only to be pushed out in the evening semifinals.
SA‚ for the first time since nations were limited to three entrants per track and field event more than 80 years ago‚ delivered full houses in the three men’s sprint events to Tokyo‚ but Akani Simbine was the only one to make a final‚ in the 100m‚ on Sunday.The morning started well enough for them. Maswanganyi‚ one of SA’s three 100m semifinalists‚ qualified as the second-fastest in his his heat in 20.
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