It was a nightmare for South Africa’s 4x100m relay squad as they failed to complete their race after a mix-up with the first exchange of the baton. Tokyo2020 Olympics TeamSA By AshfakMohamed IOLSport
In contrast, Crouser pulled off a new Olympic record of 22.83m in his first round, which he improved to 22.93m in his second attempt.
Unfortunately for Blignaut, a former South African, Zane Weir – who now represents Italy – forced his way into fifth with a new personal best of 21.41m. Meanwhile, in the 4x100m relay heat one, South Africa would have felt confident of getting through to the final. They lost Gift Leotlela to a hamstring tear following the 100m semi-finals, but had an in-form Shaun Maswanganyi, who did well to reach the semi-finals of both the 100m and 200m.Chederick van Wyk came in as a replacement for Leotlela, with the formation as follows – Clarence Munyai, Maswanganyi, Van Wyk and Akani Simbine.
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