Rikenette Steenkamp breaks SA 100m hurdles record in Prague
Even making mistakes in her race‚ University of Pretoria student Rikenette Steenkamp finally broke the 20-year-old South African 100m hurdles record on Monday night.She finished second in Prague to clock 12.90sec and slice 0.04sec off the 12.94sec mark Corien Botha set in July 1998.Former world junior champion Elvira Herman of Belarus won in a personal best 12.69sec."To at long last break Corien Botha’s record was amazing‚" Steenkamp said in a media release issued by Tuks Sport."I have dreamt doing so for the previous seven years. What excites me is that it was not the perfect race. My technique going over the first four hurdles was possibly the best I have ever done. But I was coming so fast onto the hurdles that it led to me losing a bit of rhythm."Then I hit the sixth hurdle — I can’t remember when last that happened."Steenkamp came close to the mark last season‚ twice dipping under 13 seconds.She went 12.99 in Ostrava and then hit 12.92‚ only to be denied the SA record by illega...
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