Gift Leotlela and Akani Simbine finished fifth and seventh, respectively, in the final of the men’s 100m on the second day of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
It was a Jamaican 1-2 as Oblique Seville beat home Kishane Thompson in 9.77, with Olympic champion Noah Lyle in third.
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo was DQ’d for a false start.
Bossed the race
Elsewhere, the world’s fastest man over one lap, South Africa’s Zakithi Nene, won his heat in a comfortable 44.74, where he bossed the race to set himself up for Tuesday’s semi-finals, along with Lythe Pillay.
In men’s 1 500m heats action, favourite Jacob Ingebrigtsen was a surprise casualty, failing to reach the semi-finals, while South Africa’s Ryan Mphalele was also unable to get out of the heats.
In the men’s 10 000m final, Adrian Wildschutt was 10th, with gold going to France’s Jimmy Greisser in a major upset.
This is how South Africa fared on Sunday.
DAY 2 RESULTS
MEN
100m, semi-final: Akani Simbine finished third in his semi-final in 9.96 and qualified seventh fastest for the final as a “lucky loser”
100m, semi-final: Gift Leotlela finished third in his semi-final in 9.97 and qualified eighth fastest for the final as a “lucky loser”
100m, FINAL: Gift Leotlela finished fifth in 9.95 and Akani Simbine was seventh in 10.04 as Jamaica’s Oblique Seville took gold in 9.77
400m, heats: Zakithi Nene won his heat in 44.74 to qualify for the semi-finals
400m, heats: Lythe Pillay finished second in his heat in 44.73 to qualify for the semi-finals
1 500m, heats: Ryan Mphahlele finished 13th in his heat in 3:45.22 and didn’t progress to the semi-finals
10 000m FINAL: Adrian Wildschutt finished 10th in 28:59.47, with gold going to France’s Jimmy Gressier in 28:55.77
WOMEN
100m hurdles, heats: Marione Fourie finished second in her heat in 12.86 to automatically qualify for the semi-finals. She was 18th fastest from the heats summary
400m, heats: Shirley Nekhubui was unable to move through to the semi-finals after finishing sixth in her heat in 51.82
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