Ruswahl Samaai may live in the shadow of his more established compatriot Luvo Manyonga in the long jump on the international scene but he believes that his time to take centre stage is fast approaching. Samaai settled for a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in April with Manyonga grabbing the headlines by claiming gold following an impressive leap of 8.41m ahead of Henry Frayne of Australia. It was the same story at the 2017 World Championships in London where Manyonga took gold and the 27-year old Samaai finished third with Jarrion Lawson of the US coming second. "We talk about a lot of things and I believe that our competition is very healthy‚" he said. "I remember during the Commonwealth Games‚ he would come to me and say ‘please help me with this and that’. "People think it is just about competing but we also help each other even though we are in competition." Samaai said he had taken a lot of inspiration from Manyonga’s achievements and he was motivated to continue working...
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