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Friday, 19 September 2025
NGUZAKITHI Nene.
Mzwamandla Zondi
UKHALE ngaphansi uZakithi Nene engena endaweni yesihlanu kowamanqamu we-400m kwiWorld Athletics Championship eqhubekayo eJapan.
UNene waKwaZulu-Natal, uqophe isikhathi esiwu-44:55.
Ingqwele ku-400m - lapho uNene abebhekwe ngabomvu khona - kube nguCollen Kebinatshipi waseBotswana, oqophe u-43:53.
UCollen uye kulo mqhudelwano evele eyimfivilithi emuva kokuqopha kwakhe u-43.61 kowandulela owamanqamu. Isikhathi salo msubathi ngesishesha kakhulu emhlabeni nonyaka.
IBotswana engomakhelwane beNingizimu Afrika, yenze kahle kakhulu njengoba bebabili abasubathi bayo abangene nabokuqala abathathu.
UBoyapo Ndori ungene isithathu ngo-44.20, elandela uzakwabo, uJereem Richards ongene isibili.
NGU-AKANI Simbine.
Kushone olwangoLwesine iNingizimu Afrika ingakatholi ngisho eyodwa indondo.
U-Akani Simbine okungomunye wabasubathi abebebhekwe ngabomvu ukubuya ephethe kulo mqhudelwano, uhluleke kowamanqamu kwi-100m, engena endaweni yesi-7.
Silobe kusalindeleke ukuba kugijime uPrudence Sekgodiso (ngo-01:43), owenza i-800m noWayde van Niekerk (ngo-03:00). UVan Niekerk ophethe irekhodi lomhlaba le-400m (43.03), ubebagadulisa kwi-200m.
Kubhekwe neqembu le-relay kwi-4x100m nele-4x400m. La maqembu kulindeleke ukuba agijime ngeSonto.
Okunika ithemba kwi-relay, wukuthi iqembu le-4x100m lenze kahle nyakenye kwi-Olympic Games, libuya nendondo, kanti ele-4x400m ligile izimanga kwiWorld Relay.