Simbine adds this recent achievement to a growing reputation in the world of track and field. Based on his performances over the past four years, Simbine’s potential seems to be rising exponentially. Simbine’s rise has been nothing short of exceptional after winning the 2012 South African Junior Championships. The athlete ran 10.02s in 2014, 9.97s in 2015 and established a personal best of 9.89s at the Championships in 2016. His fastest time of the 2017 season currently stands at 9.92s and it is not far-fetched to think that he could improve on his already impressive personal best this year. His ascent in form could not have come at a better time as the likes of Usain Bolt, Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell reach the climax of their illustrious careers. It is a time when the young budding batch of Simbine, Andre de Grasse, and fellow competitors will look to achieve pinnacle athlete status in the years to come.
To add to his credentials, Simbine is the first South African athlete to run two sub-10-second 100m times on the same day, and he is also the first to run sub-10 100m and sub-20 200m times on the same day.
If his meteoric form is anything to go by, Simbine could possibly find himself in medal contention in this year’s World Championships. After finishing fifth in the 2016 Rio Olympics, it now seems as though Simbine is destined for greater things, should expectations not exceed his performances.
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