Simbine on track to break 10s in the 100 again
Akani Simbine regained his form and according to his coach, it is only a matter of time before he will break 10 seconds in the 100m again.
With his 10.01s performance over the weekend at the Racers Grand Prix in Kingston, Akani Simbine (Tuks/HPC) showed that it will be only a matter of time before he will break 10 seconds over 100 metres again.
Although Simbine finished 6th, Werner Prinsloo, his coach, was more than happy with the way the raced played out.
“I watched a video of the race. It was interesting to see that it was a quite tightly contested race. Akani has certainly regained the form he had before he was injured at the South African Championships in Stellenbosch.
“I think last night’s race (11/06) was a good confidence booster for Akani. He should now realize that there is nothing that can hold him back. It should be only a matter of time before he starts to run times faster than 10 seconds.”
In his first international competition, at the Diamond League Meeting in Rome two weeks ago, Simbine ran 10.13s. His best time for the season is 9.96s which is also the South African record.
The world record-holder, Usain Bolt (Jamaica), won in 9.88s in Kingston with Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) second in 9.94s, Yohan Blake (Jamaica) third in 9.94s and Asafa Powell (Jamaica) fourth in 9.98s.
Bolt’s winning time is the second fastest for the season. Only the Frenchman, Jimmy Vicaut (9.86), has gone quicker.
Simbine’s next race will be on Saturday when he will compete in the Adidas Boost Boston Games, a two-day festival featuring a fan-friendly track event as well as the first-ever ‘street meet’ in Boston.
Among the top international stars who will compete in Boston are Olympic medallists Jenn Suhr, Meseret Defar, Nick Willis, and Yohan Blake.
Prinsloo said he also wants Simbine to compete in some 200m races before the Olympic Games in Rio.
At the coming African Championships in Durban he will compete in both the 100m and the 200m.
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