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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>A stiff head wind scuppered Akani Simbine\u2019s shot at making more history during the 100m semifinals at the national championships in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday afternoon, forcing him to go slower than he wanted.<\/p>\n

After going 10.07sec in the morning heats, the plan had been to go under 10 seconds, which would have been the first sub-10 effort at an altitude lower than 1,000 metres by a South African in this country.But the wind, which measured 1.4 meters per second for Simbine\u2019s race, forced him to alter his strategy and he slowed to 10.27 in the semifinals.<\/p>\n

Grade 12 pupil Bayanda Walaza, who runs with a windmill style with arms flailing in all directions, won the second race in the second-fastest time, 10.31.<\/p>\n

Abduraghmaan Karriem, the 19-year-old 2023 national junior champion, won the third semifinal in 10.44.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plan was to literally go sub-10 now because it\u2019s hot and it\u2019s the middle of the day,\u201d said Simbine.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the wind didn\u2019t play [along]. As soon as they blew the whistle, there was a big gust that just kept going and didn\u2019t stop so it was literally changing the game plan at the line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simbine is looking to bag his sixth 100m South African crown \u2014 seventh overall including a solitary 200m title \u2014 on Friday, when the final is scheduled for 5.30pm.<\/p>\n

He said he wasn\u2019t fazed by his rivals. \u201cIf they want to go at me they need to be in nine [second] shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simbine, a veteran of two Olympics and six world championships, having finished fourth or fifth in the 100m on five occasions, would have preferred the 100m semifinals to be scheduled on the same day as the final.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause that replicates the championships,\u201d he said. At all major meets the semifinals and final are staged on the same day, just a few hours apart.With the championships being held over an unprecedented four days, organisers could have also spread the 200m over three days, he added.<\/p>\n

The race for the minor podium spots are likely to be between the youngsters, with Bradley Nkoane also in the mix.<\/p>\n

But the kid who runs like a windmill is attracting attention, although he says his style is homegrown.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just came,\u201d said Walaza, a pupil at a Pretoria school who calls Katlehong home. \u201cI run like this normally. It\u2019s not like I train to run like this. It\u2019s how I am… it seems like when I start to be fast I just lose control of my running style and then it just takes over.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s as if he\u2019s shadow-boxing down the track. \u201cMy teammates are even saying they\u2019re scared to run next to me because they think I\u2019m going to beat them up,\u201d he added with a laugh.Simbine argued Walaza needed to work on his style. \u201cIt\u2019s something that he needs to change. And he and his team need to work on that because it\u2019s not going to help him get faster. You need to be more effective. Having your arm out is not going to help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walaza agreed, saying he tried to change it \u201cevery single day\u201d in training. \u201cAt training it might look like I\u2019m changing, but in [racing] when I start feeling the pressure it just comes out. I want to change it… I\u2019m going to work hard to change it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Viwe Jingqi was the fastest in the women\u2019s 100m semifinals, crossing the line in 11.51, with veteran Tamzin Thomas winning the other eliminator in 11.60.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old is looking to eliminate the memories of 2023 during which she struggled coming back after appendix surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy body is recovering from the injury, but I feel like I\u2019ve been stopping myself from getting to that gear and tomorrow I just want to get to that gear.\u201dGlenrose Xaba finally claimed her first 5,000m title, kicking at 3,000m to see off 800m star Prudence Sekgodiso and win in 15min 48.44sec. Sekgodiso, who is also doing the 1,500m, was second in 16:02.04.<\/p>\n

Nadeel Wildschutt, older brother of Adriaan, who is gunning for the 5,000m title on Saturday, won an exciting men\u2019s 10,000m, outsprinting Sibusiso Kubheka to finish in 29min 15.93sec.<\/p>\n

Yolandi Stander won the women\u2019s discus title, throwing 55.00m to see off Mine\u0301 de Klerk (52.55), who also ended second in the shot put final behind Ashley Erasmus (17.27).<\/p>\n

Michelle Ngozo took the women\u2019s high jump with a leap of 1.76m.<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s 400m hurdles, South Africa\u2019s premier track-and-field event 20 years ago with four athletes who achieved the Olympic qualifying time, could muster only 18 finishers across three heats on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Hamman le Roux, a veteran of Rio 2016, and Lindukhule Gora were the only ones dipping under 50 seconds, going 49.94 and 49.97 respectively.<\/p>\n

Automatic qualifying for Paris 2024 is 48.70.<\/p>\n

Zeney Geldenhuys was quickest in the women\u2019s hurdles heats, crossing the line in a comfortable 57.14.<\/p>\n

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