Luvo Manyonga on a mission to steal the show
The Olympic medallist plans to get close to 8.95m world record at SA Athletics Championships
Move over Wayde van Niekerk‚ step aside Caster Semenya — the big-talking long-jumping Luvo Manyonga is threatening to steal the show at the South African Athletics Championships in Potchefstroom this weekend. "Everyone must come witness the best long jump in the world‚" said the silver medallist from the 2016 Rio Olympics‚ already No1 on the world list by nearly half-a-metre with the 8.62m effort he nailed in Pretoria in March. "I’m going to steal the show on Saturday.… I’m getting bored waiting," he said. Manyonga will be one of four current Olympic medallists helping to push the quality of the 2017 edition to unprecedented heights. Five sub-10sec sprinters will line up in the men’s 100m on Friday. Olympic 400m champion Van Niekerk‚ with a 9.98sec personal best‚ is far from being the favourite in the 100m‚ where Akani Simbine (9.89) has the inside track against Thando Roto (9.95)‚ Henricho Bruintjies (9.97) and six-time champion Simon Magakwe‚ who went 9.98 in 2014 before refusing ...
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