Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruintjies challenge each other on 100m

Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruintjies challenge each other on 100m

Olympic hopeful Akani Simbine won the 100 metres at Athletics South Africa's Night Series, meeting in 9.96 seconds to record a new national record. 


It was only the second time that a local sprinter managed to run a sub-10 seconds race in South Africa.


Sport is all about rivalries and Simbine (Tuks/HPC) will face another Olympic hopeful and friend Henricho Bruintjies (Tuks) in the short sprint's final at the Gauteng-North Championships at Pilditch on Saturday.

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