The South African athletes who fashioned a part of the medal-winning groups on the World Athletics Relays in China say the nation’s sprinting is in a particularly wholesome house.
Following a profitable and medal-winning expedition on the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, Group South Africa’s relay stars landed to a lot fanfare at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo Airport on Wednesday, 14 Might 2025. The prevailing sentiment? Optimism.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) despatched a staff boasting youthful exuberance, which was balanced by expertise, to China. On one finish of the spectrum was veteran Akani Simbine (31), whereas on the opposite was the youngest member of the staff — Leendert Koekemoer (18).
‘They’ll do that’
Working alongside international starlet Bayanda Walaza, in addition to Sinesipho Dambile and Bradley Nkoana — Simbine anchored South Africa’s cost to a memorable males’s 4x100m relay gold medal in Guangzhou.
To underline his longevity, Simbine lately made historical past when he turned the primary athlete in historical past to run underneath 10 seconds for 11 successive seasons within the males’s 100m class. The document was beforehand held by dash deity Usain Bolt, earlier than Simbine overtook it in April.
Simbine — who was not a part of the celebration that landed in…
