Jobodwana excited to be a force in sprinting again
Anaso Jobodwana, who only recently moved to Pretoria to join the TuksAthletics club, won the 100 metres on Saturday at the Gauteng North championships.
Having been robbed on Saturday by the wind from running a new personal best in the 100 metres does not faze Anaso Jobodwana. It, in fact, motivates him.
Jobodwana won the 100 metres at the Gauteng North Championships in a time of 10.07s, but unfortunately, the wind from behind was 3.3 metres per second. In the semi-final, his time was 10.12s, but again the wind was a factor. It means Jobodwana’s best time officially in the short sprint remains 10.10s.
Jobodwana is quite upbeat about his performance.
“I know now that there is speed in my legs. The challenge is to figure out how to be consistently fast in races and to make sure I stay fast. It is now only February. I aim to be still able to run fast times in September. The ultimate goal is to run a good race at next year’s World Championships,” said Jobodwana who decided recently to join TuksAthletics.
The World bronze medallist will be coach by Thabo Matebedi who also coaches the talented Malesela Senona.
According to Jobodwana, he has known Matebedi for quite a few years. There were times in the past that Matebedi advised him on some aspects of his sprinting. What he said made sense that is why he decided to ask Matebedi to coach him full time.
“My time in Durban has come to an end. The plus of joining Tuks is that there is a group of talented sprinters. To be honest, I missed that competitive edge when training,” said Jobodwana.
He also said he made a conscious decision last year on sorting out his injury issues.
This week Jobodwana will be competing in the 200 metres at the Grand Prix Meeting in Ruimsig. The South African junior 200m record holder, Clarence Munyai, who ran a personal best time of 10.10s in the 100 metres over the weekend, is also racing.
“I think Clarence and I proved during the Gauteng North Championships that we got a bit of a rivalry going. Both of us want to win. But for now, I don’t want to focus on running specific times as it might throw me out of my game. I just want to focus on executing the perfect race. It is something I have not done for a long time, and I need to do so if I want to become competitive in 200 metres sprinting again,” Jobodwana concluded.
Another big race for Jobodwana will be on 8 March when he takes on the World 100 metre champion, Justin Gatlin (USA), over 150 metres at the Grand Prix Meeting at Tuks.
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