Rising 100m sprinter Bradley Nkoana never envisioned himself as both an Olympic silver and World Junior Championships bronze medallist in the same year.
High Performance Manager at Athletics South Africa (ASA) Hazekiel Sepeng is confident that the relay will excel at the ongoing World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Lima, Peru.
Nine-time Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis, who coaches Shaun Maswanganyi, expressed his admiration for South Africa’s 4x100m relay team after they secured a silver medal at Stade de France on Friday night.
Bayanda Walaza and Bradley Nkoana are a remarkable success story, with Walaza in grade 12 and Nkoana in his first year of university.
The 4x100m relay team, consisting of Akani Simbine, Shaun Maswanganyi, Bradley Nkoana, and Bayanda Walaza, kept South Africa’s medal hopes alive at the Olympic Games by advancing to Friday night’s final.
Athletics South Africa (ASA) have announced plans for a pre-Olympic training camp in France for the men’s 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams, scheduled two weeks before the Paris Olympic Games.