Athletics SA (ASA) went out of its way to prepare the relay teams with camps in Tshwane and Italy, but the outcome of the Olympic Games is disappointing.
Many believed that the relay team stood a better chance of winning a medal than the individual events.
Maswanganyi and Munyai failed to exchange the baton and made a mess of it and as a result, the team did not finish the race. Maswanganyi and Munyai failed to exchange the baton and messed up the race for SA, leading to an automatic elimination. Maswanganyi said he practiced with the injured sprinter Gift Leotlela, who suffered a hamstring injury after his 200m semifinal race.
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