{"id":73239,"date":"2024-09-01T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/hannah-and-4x400m-relay-team-land-two-medals-on-final-day-of-champs"},"modified":"2024-09-01T16:07:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T16:07:00","slug":"hannah-and-4x400m-relay-team-land-two-medals-on-final-day-of-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/hannah-and-4x400m-relay-team-land-two-medals-on-final-day-of-champs","title":{"rendered":"Hannah and 4x400m relay team land two medals on final day of champs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Udeme Okon picked up his second medal of the under-20 world championships in Lima on Saturday night (Sunday morning SA time) as South Africa added two medals on the final day of competition.<\/p>\n

Okon, the 400m champion, anchored the 4x400m relay team to silver in 3 min 05.22 sec while Hannah van Niekerk, 19, ran a 56.98 lifetime best in the 400m hurdles to take bronze to become the only woman to contribute to South Africa\u2019s haul of seven medals.<\/p>\n

The country\u2019s three gold, two silver and two bronze placed them sixth overall.<\/p>\n

The US topped the medals table (16 medals and eight gold) with Ethiopia second (10 medals and six gold). Kenya were the second-placed African team with seven medals, comprising three gold and three silver.<\/p>\n

Bryan Katoo ran the first leg of the relay in 47.16 sec, giving the baton to Sihle Mahlangu in fifth place, behind the US, India, Poland and Australia.<\/p>\n

But Mahlangu stormed around the track in 45.50 sec \u2014 the third-fastest split of the night \u2014 to pull South Africa into second spot.<\/p>\n

Njabulo Mbatha, who earlier in the evening had ended fourth in the men\u2019s 400m hurdles in 49.68 sec, missing out on the podium by just seven-hundredths of a second, ran the third leg in 46.81 to push South Africa\u2019s lead to just more than half-a-second over Poland, who were lying third at the time.<\/p>\n

Okon closed out the race in style, completing the final lap in 45.75. The US were more than a second ahead in 3:03.56 while Australia finished strongly to take third place in 3:05.53.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe silver medal really made up for the fourth place I got in the 400m hurdles, but I\u2019m really honoured and privileged to represent my country,\u201d Mbatha said afterwards.<\/p>\n

Mahlangu admitted being a little shaky at the start. \u201cBut we put trust in our abilities, put trust in ourselves and we came home with the medal. The plan was gold, but we\u2019re still proud of the silver. We hope to see this relay grow to the Olympic stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

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