00 10. #athleticsafrica #athl. Akani Simbine. 92 Previous Meeting. 08. 98. Despite a slower initial start, Simbine’s impressive. 98 to easily win the 100m at the 2023 World Athletics Continental Tour: Ostrava. PB: 9. Mabanglo) Image: Roger Sedres. Simbine, who was scheduled to run the anchor leg, didn. In the men's 200m, Luxolo Adams impressed as he crossed the finish line first to win in the Czech Republic. Akani Simbine crosses the line ahead of Henricho Bruintjies in the men's 100 metres on day five of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Carrara Stadium. 91. SA sprinter Akani Simbine secured a win in the men's 100m on day two of the SA Track and Field Championships in Tshwane on Friday. 16:30 Fred Kerley suffers first defeat of 2023 as Akani Simbine wins 100m There was a blanket finish in the men's 100m with South Africa's Akani Simbine taking victory in 9. 1. Disaster for SA at World Champs as Akani Simbine sensationally disqualified from 100m sprint South Africa's Akani Simbine was disqualified from the 100m at the World Championships in Budapest after false starting in his semifinal, leaving South Africa's medal hopes with Wayde van Niekerk. 52,450 likes · 10 talking about this. Akani Simbine will compete in the 100m and 4x100m relay events at the World Athletics Championships. The official page of South African Olympic sprinter, Akani Simbine. Simbine was fifth at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men’s 100 metres and, with a time of 9. Akani Simbine. 98 seconds in the heats before. Akani SIMBINE, South Africa - 60 Metres, 100 Metres, 150 Metres, 100 Yards, 4x100 Metres Relay, 4x200 Metres Relay. Simbine, who had qualified for the semi-finals as the joint third-fastest athlete with a time of 9. Akani Simbine from South Africa finished second after running in 10. Mabanglo)Akani Simbine led a three-pronged SA sprint attack on the 100m heats at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday‚ with the trio all advancing to Sunday’s semifinals. 21Something went wrong. The other athletes to go sub-10 included Trayvon Bromell with 9. 12 at the University of. Simbine is back, as is Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala, who is the world’s fastest man this year (9. Tweet. Its a step to better. Watch all Continental Tour races here: African sprinter Akani Simbine ran 9. Create from dictionary: A data frame can be ‘manually’ created by using the DataFrame() function from Pandas. Simbine, who had qualified for the semi-finals as the joint third-fastest athlete with a time of 9. Henricho Bruintjies, also of. Kerley, who won silver in the 100 metres at the Tokyo Olympics, stormed to victory with a meeting record in lane five, using his long strides to his advantage in the. 98). 93K Followers, 986 Following, 542 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Akani Simbine (@akani_simbine)South African sprinter Akani Simbine is reaching peak form ahead of the Olympic Games in Tokyo as he obliterated the field in a 100m event at the Gyulai Istvan. Cravont Charleston led for most of the way but Simbine surged late to win from reigning world champion Fred Kerley . The setback has taken the team some time to get over. Elsewhere, Miranda Charlene Coetzee won the women’s 200m and 400m double in PBs of 22. Ronnie Baker, United States (9. LA 2028. Olympian Akani Simbine ran a sub-10 as he clinched victory in the men's 100m race. Fred Kerley of the US (centre) sprints to finish next to Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala (left) and South Africa's Akani Simbine during the men's 100 metres event at The Diamond League AG Memorial Van Damme athletics meeting at The King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on September 3, 2021. The athletics side features most of SA’s stars, including veteran sprinter Akani Simbine, the defending 100m champion, and rising young guns such as shot putter Kyle Blignaut, 800m runner. Social Media. com Akani Simbine: From self-doubt to Olympic 100m title contender. Ferdinand Omanyala has dropped to third place in the Diamond League standings. 84 6 2600 Hiroki YANAGITA: JPN 10. 95 6. 79 2. 99. Akani SIMBINE (RSA) 10. Van Niekerk's 400m semi-final will take place on Tuesday while Simbine is next in action at 16:35 on Sunday. “Akani is a. We’re independent. The South African sprinter Akani Simbine is the best representative of his country, and a strong contender for winning the gold at this year’s Tokyo Olympics. Share. Akani Simbine, Clarence Munyai, Thando Dlodlo and Gift Leotlela for South Africa. It will signal the start of the athletics programme, where the continent traditionally flexes its collective muscle. Akani Simbine 10. 00) Norman is a 400m sprinter who led the world rankings at one lap in 2019. Akani Simbine won SA 100m crown No 6 in Cape Town on Thursday, but it was his most emotional by far, as he broke down in tears in a media interview soon afterwards. Femke Bol, Akani Simbine and Joanna Jozwik at the World Athletics Relays Silesia 21 press conference (© Krzysztof Wesolowski / LOC) For the hundreds of world-class athletes who made the journey to Poland for the World Athletics Relays Silesia 21 , this hasn’t been a straightforward task, and the same goes for all those who have worked. 84 in the 100 metres. Local Olympic sprinter, Akani Simbine, blitzed the 100 metres in 9. “There is something about Hungary, and Akani loves to race there. Akani Simbine scored an important psychological blow against Kenyan nemesis Ferdinand Omanyala as he took second place in the 100m at the Diamond League meet in Rabat, Morocco on Sunday night. 84 seconds set in July 2021, was the 100 metres African record holder. No other top-three sprinter is paying anywhere near that price to win their respective semi-final heats. There was further pain for Akani Simbine when South Africa’s men’s 4x100m relay team failed to finish the final on Saturday, 26 August. Cravont Charleston initially led for a significant portion of the race, but Simbine executed a powerful surge in the final moments to surpass him and secure the win,. 97 seconds, edging world champion Fred Kerley (9. But Simbine, currently in Switzerland, has rubbished all of. Running in lane two at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on Friday night, the team - made up of Shaun Maswanganyi, Benjamin Richardson, Clarence Munyai and Akani Simbine - finished second behind Italy in a season's best time of 37. South Africa's sub-10 second machine – with more than 30 legal times under 10 seconds – will be back into the blocks in Potchefstroom looking to claim his fifth national crown in the blue-riband event. The South African sprinter was nursing a broken heart after splitting from his. 078 seconds when his semi, the second of three,. Akani Simbine powered through the 100m heats at the World Championships in Budapest on Saturday, showing he has the tools to negotiate his way through the semifinals and onto the podium on Sunday. 74 and 51. Fastest man in South African hisJacobs qualified for the final on time along with the second pre-Olympics favorite, African record holder Akani Simbine of South Africa who qualified with 9. Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala has been crowned the new Africa's 100m champion after outpacing South Africa's Akani Simbine at the Athletics Championships. 77 seconds. 92 in his semi-final. Simbine posted a time of 9. South African sprinter Akani Simbine will enter Tokyo as the outright favorite for a. The pair have pushed each other to lower the African 100m record to 9. Among his winning performances was the 7:58. THECİTİZEN_NEWS: Vusi Voetsek: Simbine's shock. 20s 7 Emmanuel Eseme, Cameroon 10. Akani Simbine kept his title of world sprinting’s Mr Consistency as he ended fifth in a 100m dominated by the American home boys at the world championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Sunday morning. The pair have pushed each other to lower the African 100m record to 9. South Africa's Akani Simbine was in blazing fast form before the Olympics were postponed last year. Akani Simbine barely took the win in the men's 100m at Diamond League Silesia, which featured a photo finish between the top four. 6 x National champion. Tuesday 2 August – men’s 100m first round; Wednesday 3 August – men’s 100m semi-finals and finalAlso, South Africa’s Akani Simbine was the fastest in the men’s 100, finishing in 9. 927, just ahead of Simbine who clocked in at 9. Akani Simbine suprised a few with his big win over the 100m in 9. 03 and 10. Source: Getty Images. Akani Simbine reacts to being disqualified for a false start in the men's 100m semifinal in Budapest on Sunday. 14s 4 Benjamin Azamati, Ghana 10. 2023 Diamond League Men's 100m Standings As Fred Kerley Is Overtaken by Akani Simbine. 93 10. I thank God for what He ia doing in my life. 1231. 2 years ago. Akani Simbine barely took the win in the men's 100m at Diamond League Silesia, which featured a photo finish between the top four. . Canada's Andre de Grasse, bronze medallist in 2016, Akani Simbine of South Africa, Briton Zharnel Hughes and Enoch Adegoke of Nigeria complete the line up for the final later on Sunday. 22. The 2023 ASA Senior Track and Field. 14 seconds. 21 2021 World Outdoor list 9. 7 x Diamond League meeting winner. It turns this into a data frame using the dictionary’s keys as the column headings and the dictionary’s values as the rows. Read more ⮕. By Web Admin. 97 to take the World University title and reached. South Africa’s speedsters. 17 3. Details. Akani Simbine’s unbeaten run in the top echelons of world sprinting ending in. Akani Simbine. Akani Simbine. 93. 05 What was Omanyala doing looking over at FK at about 30m - as if "let's do this" but then could not - ha!Find out more about World Athletics Series events, Diamond League, Challenges and one day meetingsAkani Simbine (Photo by Roger Sedres/Gallo Images/Getty Images) The striking thing about Akani Simbine's disqualification from the 100m semi-finals at the World Championships on Sunday was the resignation to a fate which has stalked an otherwise brilliant career - a lack of major championship medals. Ronnie Baker (United States) - 9. Team South Africa's last realistic chance of a medal at the World Championships in Budapest was finally extinguished when the 4x100m relay team failed to finish in Saturday night's final after dropping the baton. Akani Simbine went sub 10 seconds twice on his way to a fifth national title in the mens 100m on the opening day of the SA Athletics Championships in Potchefstroom. 99 3) Ferdinand Omanyala (Ken) 10. 84) but was third in Rabat. From Black Coffee and Enhle’s shock split to Lootlove and Reason’s break-up and DJ Zinhle and AKA’s relationship ending, love seems to be a losing game for 2020. Simbine won the national 100m title at the recent ASA Senior Championships in Potchefstroom, clocking an impressive 9. 93 seconds as he finished fourth in the men's 100m final, which was won by Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs in 9. Kenya's Omanyala, the current African record holder, finished third in Rabat. 90) and Botswana’s World Junior champion Letsile Tebogo (9. Akani Simbine (b. Simbine was looking to become only the third male […] Rising 100m star Benjamin Richardson knows he needs to up his game after recently racing against Kenya's African record-holder Ferdinand Omanyala and South African champion Akane Simbine. 83. The South African 100m champion, Akani Simbine, will start his build-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games on 10 June when he competes in the Diamond League meeting in Florence, Italy. 72sec, the Italians recording a time of 37. “My headmaster later said I needed to find a coach. Akani Simbine lived to fight another day and stay in contention for a medal after a blistering set of 100m semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. 20 7 5. He won. Getty Images Sport Gareth Copley. There was a South African double in the men’s short sprints. He finished second behind Akani Simbine. 1231. Akani Simbine of South Africa looked like the cat that had got the cream. 84 seconds set in July 2021 until broken by Ferdinand Omanyala in September 2021. Simbine, 27, ran a steady season winning all of his five finals including international races in Marseille, Rovereto, Bellinzona and finally a 9. 45pm SA time). Akani SIMBINE 21 SEP 1993 RSA 1sf1 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 16 JUL 2022. It would have been. Olympic champ Elaine Thompson-Herah splits with coach over pay. Sprint stars Akani Simbine and Wayde van Niekerk made significant statements on Sunday, on the eve of the World Athletics Championships, as they closed out a memorable. The SA 4x100m relay team – Shaun Maswanganyi, Benjamin Richardson, Clarence Munyai and Akani Simbine – after progressing through the first-round heats at the World Athletics Championships. Tamari Davis hit the tape at 16. And Wayde van Niekerk. g. Simbine held his form perfectly to claim a memorable win in the men's 100m in 9. Adam Nurkiewicz/Getty Images. 9. The Jamaican nipped Akani Simbine of South Africa and Zharnel Hughes of Great Britain, who were both credited with 10. But if there’s one couple who’s going from strength to strength its Akani Simbine and Jo Prins. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1: 1: Ferdinand Omanyala Kenya 10. . 91 seconds in the 100m at the Athletics Gauteng North Championships in Pretoria on Saturday. 4 Filtering. F. Simbine won the 100m sprint by clocking an extraordinary time of 9. South African spring star Akani Simbine has reacted after he was disqualified in the semi-finals of the world championships in Budapest on Sunday. 98 (0. Cape Town - It says a lot about Akani Simbine's character that he produced not just one, but two sub-10-second times on his way to defending his South African 100m title at the national. 98 in the heats before dipping below 10 seconds for the 10th time in his career in the final in the afternoon. 14 SB 9. He was fifth at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metres and was the 100 metres African record holder with a time of 9. Results from the men's 100m at the 2018 Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast. 33 seconds to claim silver in the Grand Prix, behind Omanyala, who clocked 10. 5 Trayvon BROMELL USA Jacksonville, FL (USA) 30. Akani SIMBINE 21 SEP 1993 RSA 1sf1 McArthur Stadium, Potchefstroom (RSA) 30 MAR 2023 1234 18 : 9. Akani Simbine, RSA, 9. The star has impressive body stats, favouring him to be the best in his profession. He had run 10. 02 seconds. 58 in August 2009. Ferdinand Omanyala got the jump on Akani Simbine at the start of the Commonwealth Games 100m final and stormed into the lead, and it was too much ground to make up for the South African. Akani Simbine of South Africa and Michael Rodgers of USA compete in Men's 100 Metres during the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea & Diamond League event on June 10, 2021 in Florence, Italy. Olympian Akani Simbine ran a sub-10 as he clinched victory in the men's 100m race. 07/16/23. . I. The pre-Olympic favorite, US champion and world-leader Trayvon Bromell, failed to qualify for the final. 1 x In Top 8 at African Championships. Simbine was the only sprinter to go under the 10-second mark in the Czech stadium, crossing the line in a time. Simbine's 100 metres time of 9. Akani SIMBINE, South Africa - 60 Metres, 100 Metres, 150 Metres, 100 Yards, 4x100 Metres Relay, 4x200 Metres RelaySizzling hurdles performances by Danielle Williams and Karsten Warholm highlighted the first day of action at the Muller Anniversary Games in London Stadium on Saturday (20). Akane Apple will grow to be about 20 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 20 feet. As has been the case in many 100m races in the recent past, the sprinters had to endure a tense moments after a false start. 1 Filter Using a Single Criterion. 15: Q 4: 3: Raymond EkevwoAkani Simbine. "Congrats to Akani Simbine!!! the new African record holder in the 100m. 07. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 4 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting. 11:18 BST Our Address. Bromell, having run a time of 10. 98 in his heat, then improved to 9. 930. 84 in the men's 100m to break the African rec. Before Akani Simbine gets ready for his next challenge – in his case playing the role of talisman in South Africa’s 4x100m relay squad later this week – he needs to look at himself in the mirror. Akani Simbine was the only South African to qualify for the 100-metre semi-finals in Budapest; Simbine failed to progress from the semi-final of the event after he was disqualified for a false start; Reigning world champion Fred Kerley was also eliminated from the semi-finals after finishing thirdAlso, South Africa's Akani Simbine was the fastest in the men's 100, finishing in 9. London will play host to the IAAF World Championships, commencing on 4 – 13 August. 77 seconds. 15South Africa’s men’s quartet of Clarence Munyai, Shaun Maswanganyi, Chederick van Wyk and Akani Simbine had been placed in the same heat as the likes of Jamaica, Great Britain and Japan and. 82 at the national championships in Pretoria, but due to the windy conditions, his time won’t be recognised as a new national record. RIGHT: Akani Simbine (far right) came in fifth place behind winner Usain Bolt (middle) in the 100 m at the Rio Olympics last year. 98 in the heats, before 9. This was supposed to be the year Akani Simbine solidified his status as Africa’s greatest sprinter of all time, haven become the most consistent sprinter on the world stage over the last seven years. The humble 20-year-old stormed to a new national record of 9. Akani Simbine. He ran the fastest times in his career in Hungary. Akane Simbine also took part in the Men's 100m at the Bellinzona but could only register a fifth-place finish in a time of 10. 22. 88 seconds in the 100m final behind American Noah Lyles on Sunday night and said afterwards: “For Akani I’m really sad that he didn. Image: Veli Nhlapo. Simbine stopped the clock in 9. 93) 5. Akani Simbine (born 21 September 1993) is a South African sprinter. 08 seconds. 21 9. Three other runners also ran sub-10 seconds in the final: South Africa’s Akani Simbine finished fourth in 9. South Africa's other major medal hope Akani Simbine, meanwhile, made his 100m semi-final by winning his heat in a time of 9. 98) and U. RABAT, May 28 (Reuters) - American Fred Kerley powered past Akani Simbine and Ferdinand Omanyala as he won the men's 100 metres in 9. An African and Commonwealth Games champion, Simbine is no novice when it comes to international. 99 though the official wind reading of -3. Coverage of the 2023 World Athletics Championships fueled by Puma Nitro. South Africa’s Akani Simbine failed to reach Sunday’s 100m final at the world championships in Budapest after he was disqualified for a false start in the semi-final earlier in the day. South African sprint ace Akani Simbine has jumped to the defence of World Athletics for their strict qualifying standards ahead of the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in August. They are Akani Simbine of South Africa, Ferdinand Omanyala of Kenya. 1 Ferdinand Omanyala, Kenya 10. David Isaacson Sports reporter. South Africa's Akani Simbine continued his impressive start to 2017 by beating Justin Gatlin and Andre de Grasse in the 100m at the Doha. National 100m record holder, Benjamin Azamati, finished 4th on his Wanda Diamond League debut in Oslo on Thursday evening. Rio 2016 silver medallist Andre de Grasse (PB 9. 09: Q 3: 3: Emmanuel Matadi Liberia 10. 1 x World University Games winner. 99 (-1. Tlotliso Leotlela and Clarence Munyai ran strong second and third legs respectively for South. Richardson crossed the line in 10. He ran 9. 2) Akane Simbine (SA) 9. 02 10. Now, more drama. In a nail-biting finish, Akani Simbine outpaced former world champion Christian Coleman of the US, winning the final seventh heat in 9. Preliminary Round. READ: Akani Simbine’s rivalry with 'Beast' Omanyala to go to a whole new level. Akani Simbine winning the 100m in Pretoria. This takes as its input a dictionary object. He equalled the national 100m record of 9. Sept 21, 1993) is a South African sprinter who is actively specialized in the 100 meters event. (Photo: EPA-EFE/John G. Exciting duels to keep an eye on at CAA 2022 African Athletics Championships. The challenge of Joseph Fahnbulleh never materialised. He then sent a message of support to Blake when the second-fastest sprinter ever finished third in Monday night's 100m final while also congratulating South African winner Akane Simbine. 33. 8 Cravon GILLESPIE 31 JUL 1996. The 20-year-old took some 14 seconds off his lifetime best in clocking 12:48. South Africa plumbed new depths at the world. 96 (0. "Whenever I run these fast times, people talk but for. Elaine Thompson-Herah led home a Jamaican clean sweep of medals with an incredible 10. “I am happy. Omanyala said: “Looking forward to next week. Akani Simbine won SA 100m crown No 6 in Cape Town on Thursday, but it was his most emotional by far, as he broke down in tears in a media interview soon afterwards. Image: Roger Sedres. In the men’s 200, South African Luxolo Adams won in 20. With two fifths and fourth in Doha in 2019 (and a fourth in the Tokyo Olympics), the 29-year-old is always just shy of standing on the podium. 04 seconds of securing a bronze medal for South Africa as he finished in fourth position in the showcase 100m race at the Tokyo. CM height and vertical CM velocity during left and right contacts for sixth placed . 91 from the heats was the fastest time ever on South African soil. South African sprinter Akani Simbine powered to victory in the men's 100m race at the Golden Spike World Athletics Continental Tour meet in Ostrava. The final will go ahead without Bromell, the world leader in 2021, and world champion Christian Coleman, who is banned due to doping offenses, in a race. 04 2. After getting a taste for gold, he now wants more. In the 100m, Olympic and world finalist Akani Simbine executed expertly, running away from a class field to win in 9. 86 Francis OBIKWELU POR Olympic Stadium, Athina 22. The Italian was the surprise champion racing from lane three dipping at the line in a time of 9. He was sluggish from the blocks and came home fifth in 10. 078 seconds, resulting in his disqualification. 04. 93. Simbine could double up in the 100m and. 93), is aiming to become the first African to win the Olympic 100m title since South Africa’s Reggie Walker at the 1908 London Games. There was a blanket finish in the men's 100m with South Africa's Akani Simbine taking victory in 9. 96s, making the South African the first man to break 10 seconds twice this season. AAP. 52,426 likes · 16 talking about this. He was. 92, just ahead of Simbine who clocked in at 9. Photograph: British Athletics via Getty Images Expectation also surrounded the 100m sprinter Hughes who, like Muir, won gold in Berlin and last summer also. “It's another big year and I'm sticking to the main goal, which is the Tokyo Olympics. Wayde van Niekerk says he is feeling confident. 14 4 1 Ghana Benjamin Azamati 10. This news was shared by Track and Field Report on their Twitter handle,. 95); South African Akani Simbine false-started. This is all part of the game, part of the rules, there is. He beat a strong field in the London stop of the Diamond League in 9. or all athletics. Bingtian Su, China (9. 04. >>. 84 seconds held by South African Akani Simbine. His victory was by a mere one-hundredth of a second, as Simbine was the only one among the three South Africans to advance to the next round. 50), who was returning to the city. Athletics South Africa sent off a group of 36 athletes to the championships on Monday afternoon. Akane Simbine (10E) Related Items. The nine-day championship will be held between 19 to 27 August, with Team SA being led by former world champion Wayde van Niekerk, and three-time finalist Akani Simbine. ’. 06. Akani Simbine is confident he can put behind him a wretched 2022 season — his worst in seven years — and continue his push for the two. 79. Akani Simbine’s unbeaten run in the top echelons of world sprinting ended in. Five-time Olympic gold medalist Elaine Thompson-Herah has split with coach Shanikie Osbourne less than a year before she defends her. The defending champion Christian Coleman got his customary fast start, with Marvin Bracy, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown and Aaron Brown all out fast on the opposite side of the track. 98 seconds and. 09 AR 9. 07 off South African senior record-holder Akani Simbine’s previous mark he set at the Zone 6 Games in Zambia in December 2012. Akani Simbine wins the South African 100m title (© Reg Caldecott/Tuks Sports) Gift Leotlela was second in the final, running 10. Netball South Africa. At the same meeting, Akane Simbine shattered his own personal best, setting a new African record of 9. 21Four top African sprinters are in 100 meters final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 12 at the University of. Akani Simbine was the sole African runner in the previous three finals, finishing fifth in 2017 and 2022 and fourth in 2019. Also on Thursday, Akani Simbine clocked a stunning men's 100m time of 9. Find out more about World Athletics Series events, Diamond League, Challenges and one day meetingsWorld Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023. 19s 6 Rohan Browning, Australia 10. Subscribe to our channel - Follow us on Twitter - ⭐️⭐️ Follow us on Facebook. Feature 14 May 2021 Boosted by World Relays, South Africa's Simbine is focused on the fast road to Tokyo Here’s the thing about Olympic year, something Akani Simbine. 44, followed by Daryll Neita (16. Paris 2024. 92 (0. South African Akani Simbine also kicked off his campaign with a time of 9. 91 seconds in his 100m season opener in Pretoria. Multiple world and Olympic finalist Akani Simbine successfully defended his 100m title in Potchefstroom. 2 x In Top 8 at Commonwealth Games. Akani Simbine’s unbeaten run in the top echelons of world sprinting ended in. Omanyala already relieved Simbine of the African record last year before narrowly beating him in the 100m final at the continental championships in Mauritius earlier this year. South African flyer Akani Simbine has done everything in global sprinting… except win a major championship gold medal. 2018 was his strongest year, as he won a gold at the African championships as well as the. Akane Simbine outleaned an incredibly tight pack of athletes at the finish line to win the 2023 Silesia Diamond League 100m!_____. First Olympic Games Rio 2016. Rising 100m star Benjamin Richardson knows he needs to up his game after recently racing against Kenya's African record-holder Ferdinand Omanyala and South African champion Akane Simbine. 99 seconds. CİTY_PRESS: Akani Simbine's scathing criticism of Athletics SA after World Champs relay heartbreak Team SA’s quartet recorded a DNF (did not finish) after a misjudged changeover between Benjamin Richardson and Clarence Munyai resulted into the dropping of the baton.