Top SA sprinter Ncincilili Titi hangs up his spikes
Ncincilili Titi‚ one of SA’s fastest men over 200m, is forced to retire due to medical problems
One of SA’s fastest 200m sprinters‚ Ncincilili Titi‚ has announced his intention to quit athletics after struggling to overcome a medical problem. US-based Titi‚ a member of the SA 4x100m team that set the 38.35sec national record at the 2014 Commonwealth Games‚ posted on Twitter that he was unable to invest “any more resources” into trying to overcome his injury. “Time I hang up my spikes‚ focus on other things‚ I guess till further notice ...” tweeted Titi‚ who in April 2018 clocked 20.00sec to become the fifth-fastest South African over 200m. The only ones to have gone faster are Clarence Munyai (19.69)‚ Wayde van Niekerk (19.84)‚ Anaso Jobodwana (19.87) and Akani Simbine (19.95). “Despite several PBs [personal bests]‚ my past season was plagued by a medical problem. Just can’t figure it out‚ all these first world doctors can’t either (maybe I’ve been seeing the wrong ones), but anyways I just can’t put any more resources to it at this time.” Titi said he was not expecting help f...
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