South African sprinter wins World Student Games title
09 July 2015 - 18:10
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Akani Simbine, left, poses with fellow sprinter Anaso Jobodwana at the South African athletics champs earlier this year. Simbine won the World Student Games 100m crown in Korea July 2015. Jobodwana won the 100m and 200m double at the last Games in Russia in 2013.
Akani Simbine captured South Africa’s first medal of the World Student Games in Korea on Thursday when he won the 100m crown.
He clocked 9.97sec to set the Universiade record and equal the SA mark achieved by his University of Pretoria teammate‚ Henricho Bruintjies‚ just four days earlier.
Simbine finished ahead of Jamaica’s Ashani Brown (10.12) and Ramil Guliyev of Turkey (10.16).
Anaso Jobodwana won the 100m and 200m titles for SA at the last Universiade in Kazan‚ Russia‚ in 2013.
Ncinci Titi is on track for a podium finish in the 200m‚ with the semifinals and final scheduled for Friday.
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