Can SA bullet Jobodwana hit the 200m bull's eye?
Anaso Jobodwana has broken South African records in his last two 200m races, so many hope that he will turn in an even faster performance at the Bislett Games in Oslo. Of the five South Africans in action in the sixth leg of the Diamond League series, Jobodwana is the only one without a medal from at least one of the Olympics, world championships and the Commonwealth Games. But there is no doubting his form.The rising star slashed Morné Nagel's 20.11sec national mark to 20.06 in the Caribbean last month, and then two weeks later he lowered it to 20.04 in Eugene, Oregon, running second behind American Justin Gatlin.His biggest rival tonight will be Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre, the first white man to break 10 seconds in the 100m and 20 seconds in the 200m.Lemaitre also boasts the quickest personal best, 19.80.But Jobodwana's biggest obstacle to a speedy performance could come from the Norwegian weather, with a maximum of 24ºC being predicted for today. The King William's Town prodigy competed in the 100m in Prague on Monday night, finishing second in a respectable 10.13 seconds...
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