NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Carina Horn blows SA sprint mark away
Carina Horn finally broke Evette de Klerk’s 28-year-old 100m South African record at the national championships in Pretoria on Thursday.Horn, 29, clocked 11.03sec — improving on the 11.06 mark she had shared with De Klerk since mid-2015 — as she won her semifinal to set herself up as favourite for the women’s final on Friday night.In the men’s sprint two old-timers were the quickest in the semifinals after favourite Akani Simbine pulled out as a precaution. Simbine felt discomfort in his hamstring and decided not to risk injury.Fans might miss Simbine’s speed in the final — he was, as expected, the quickest of the heats — but with the top four semifinal finishers separated by only five-hundredths of a second, they could be treated to a nail-biter.Roscoe Engel, 29, was the fastest of the semifinals as he clocked a 10.06sec career best to take pole position ahead of former six-times champion Simon Magakwe, 32, the second fastest overall in 10.09.Magakwe, the first South African to bre...
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