South Africa’s Akani Simbine narrowly missed out on a medal in the final of the men’s 100m at the Paris Olympics on Sunday evening.
Simbine clocked 9.81 – a new South African record – but finished fourth.
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American Noah Lyles took the gold medal in a personal best of 9.79, ahead of Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson (9.79), with Fred Kerley (United States) in third (9.81).
Simbine was the lone South African to have qualified for the final of the blue riband event of this year’s athletics competition at the Paris Olympics.
Akani Simbine finished fourth in Tokyo 2021
There will be three Americans, two Jamaicans and one runner from South Africa, Botswana and Italy in the eight-man medal-decider.
Lane 1 will be occupied by American Kenny Bednarek with his compatriot Fred Kerley in Lane 2. Kishane Thompson of Jamaica will start in Lane 3 with Simbine in the next lane followed by Jamaica’s Oblique Seville in Lane 5.
Lanes 6-8 will be filled by American Noah Lyles, Letsile Tebogo of Botswana and defending 100m Olympic champion, Lamont Jacobs of Italy, respectively.
Semi-final results
Earlier, running in the second of three semi-finals, Simbine finished first in a time of 9.87 to book his spot in the medal-decider.
Meanwhile, Shaun Maswanganyi finished fifth in the first semi-final in 10:02, while Benjamin Richardson finished third in the third semi-final in 9.95, but both failed to progress to the final.
Simbine finished fourth in the 100m in Tokyo in 2021 and fifth in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
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