{"id":30698,"date":"2023-07-25T16:35:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?p=30698"},"modified":"2023-07-25T19:27:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T19:27:39","slug":"swazi-bolt-bongiwe-shine-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/swazi-bolt-bongiwe-shine-in-italy","title":{"rendered":"\u2018SWAZI BOLT\u2019, BONGIWE SHINE IN ITALY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Eswatini\u2019s fastest sprinters Sibusiso \u2018Swazi Bolt\u2019 Matsenjwa and Bongiwe Mahlalela continue to fly the country\u2019s flag high abroad.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The duo was exceptional in the Trivento international meeting. \u2018Swazi Bolt was competing in the 200 metre, while Mahlalela was doing the 100. Matsenjwa managed to come third with a time of 21.39 seconds, while Mahlalela clocked 11.90 seconds. The races were held in Italy on Saturday. \u2018Swazi Bolt\u2019, who is a police officer by profession, clocked 21.39 seconds to come third in the race. That means the sprinter will earn another E7 956 for managing to get bronze medal. His earnings so far since leaving the country for Europe have shot up to E19 882. He also won bronze and E7 956 in Portugal before settling for the fifth spot in Prague. According to the sprinter, for finishing inside the top five, there is a monetary award. For winning gold in the finals (not heats), one is entitled to E19 882. When asked to comment on his latest performance, the sprinter said: \u201cI did not execute my race well; conditions were not good but I\u2019m glad to be back and competing again, as this was my first 200m since my injury in May 12.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Focus<\/b><\/p>\n<p>He said his next focus would be going back to training to fix what he did not do well. \u201cWe move to the next one in Switzerland\/Belgium on August 5. I\u2019m still waiting for a lane draw,\u201d he added. Meanwhile, Mahlalela said getting a sub 12 was a huge motivation. \u201cGetting a sub 12 in this competition motivated me a lot since last week, I got a 12.13, which means I was able to fix mistakes from the previous race which was Wednesday in Celle Ligure, Italy,\u201d said Mahlalela. She said she was very particular about improving her time. \u201cI would like to thank the support am getting back home. It\u2019s really boosted my confidence a lot and helped me to fight for the best,\u201d she said. Mahlalela said she was hoping to do better on Saturday as she was racing in a 200m race in Siena, Italy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Eswatini\u2019s fastest sprinters Sibusiso \u2018Swazi Bolt\u2019 Matsenjwa and Bongiwe Mahlalela continue to fly the country\u2019s flag high abroad. The duo was exceptional in the Trivento international meeting. \u2018Swazi Bolt was competing in the 200 metre, while Mahlalela was doing the 100. Matsenjwa managed to come third with a time of 21.39 seconds, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17,242],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-30698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018SWAZI BOLT\u2019, BONGIWE SHINE IN ITALY - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Eswatini\u2019s fastest sprinters Sibusiso \u2018Swazi Bolt\u2019 Matsenjwa and Bongiwe Mahlalela continue to fly the country\u2019s flag ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/swazi-bolt-bongiwe-shine-in-italy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018SWAZI BOLT\u2019, BONGIWE SHINE IN ITALY\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eswatini\u2019s fastest sprinters Sibusiso \u2018Swazi Bolt\u2019 Matsenjwa and Bongiwe Mahlalela continue to fly the country\u2019s flag ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/swazi-bolt-bongiwe-shine-in-italy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-25T16:35:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-25T19:27:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/07\/sm_1690283149.042574.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/swazi-bolt-bongiwe-shine-in-italy#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/swazi-bolt-bongiwe-shine-in-italy\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018SWAZI BOLT\u2019, BONGIWE SHINE IN ITALY\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-25T16:35:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-25T19:27:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/swazi-bolt-bongiwe-shine-in-italy\"},\"wordCount\":362,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/swazi-bolt-bongiwe-shine-in-italy#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/07\/sm_1690283149.042574.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eswatini\",\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/swazi-bolt-bongiwe-shine-in-italy#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/swazi-bolt-bongiwe-shine-in-italy\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/swazi-bolt-bongiwe-shine-in-italy\",\"name\":\"\u2018SWAZI BOLT\u2019, BONGIWE SHINE IN ITALY - 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