It was a great day for Team South Africa at the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Saturday, July 31, after three of the country’s top athletes qualified for Sunday’s men’s 100-metre semi-finals.
Akani Simbine, Gift Leotlela and Shawn Maswanganyi made history as it will be the first time that South Africa will have three speedsters in the 100 metre semi-finals at an Olympic Games.
A good day for #TeamSA’s 100m sprint trio as they all qualify for the semifinals.
Well done guys @TlotlisoL @AkaniSimbine @tshedzom ???#Tokyo2020 #Athletics pic.twitter.com/tMsybxHhvF
— Team South Africa (@TeamSA2020) July 31, 2021
Meanwhile, South Africa’s Wenda Nel, secured her spot in Monday’s semi-finals of the women’s 400m hurdles event. However, Ruswahl Samaai and Cheswill Johnson did not qualify for the long jump final, SABC reports.
Men’s long jump, qualifying:
Cheswill Johnson failed to record a jump
Ruswahl Samaai had a best of 7.74m and qualified 22nd, missing out on a place in the 12-man final#TeamSA #TokyoOlympics2020— Team South Africa (@TeamSA2020) July 31, 2021
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Picture: Twitter/@TeamSA2020