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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Akani Simbine, in search of Olympic silverware at the 2024 Paris Games later this year, showed good form as he won his 100m heat at the national championships in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday morning in an impressive 10.07sec.<\/p>\n

He was the quickest by far in the morning session in his first 100m of the season \u2014 next best was 2023 national junior champion Abduragmaan Karriem in 10.26 \u2014 and given Simbine\u2019s tendency to go faster in the afternoon, he will surely be looking to dip under 10 seconds in the semifinals, which are scheduled for 1.50pm.<\/p>\n

Akani Simbine, in search of Olympic silverware at the 2024 Paris Games later this year, showed good form as he won his 100m heat at the national championships in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday morning in an impressive 10.07sec.<\/p>\n

He was the quickest by far in the morning session in his first 100m of the season \u2014 next best was 2023 national junior champion Abduragmaan Karriem in 10.26 \u2014 and given Simbine\u2019s tendency to go faster in the afternoon, he will surely be looking to dip under 10 seconds in the semifinals, which are scheduled for 1.50pm.<\/p>\n

Pietermaritzburg is about 600m above sea level, compared to the other sub-10 venues in Johannesburg (1,700m), Potchefstroom (1,400m), Bloemfontein (nearly 1,400m) and Pretoria (1,300m).<\/p>\n

To date five South Africans have clocked 15 sub-10 100m races in the country, with Simbine responsible for 11 of those. He\u2019s done seven in Pretoria and four in Potchefstroom.<\/p>\n

Gift Leotlela did his in Johannesburg (9.94), Thando Roto in Pretoria (9.95), Wayde van Niekerk in Bloemfontein (9.98) and Simon Magakwe, who was the first South African to do it, going 9.98 in the final of the 2014 championships.<\/p>\n

In total seven South Africans have been under 10 seconds without illegal wind assistance on 47 occasions. Simbine, owner of the 9.84 national record, has done it 39 times.<\/p>\n

US-based student Shaun Maswanganyi, the second-fastest South African with 9.91, has done it twice. His academic schedule prevented him from competing here.<\/p>\n

Van Niekerk also achieved it twice, with Magakwe, Henricho Bruintjies, Roto and Leotlela doing it once each.<\/p>\n

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