There is some interesting news. South Africa selected the 3 sprinter for the 100m that qualified on time Akani Simbine, Gift Lotlela and Clarence Munyai. Emile and Henricho Bruitjies qualified by world ranking and they were included for the 4x100.
Of the 5 only Akani and Emile have Visas for the US. The other 3 are still stranded in Italy and it seems they cannot secure visas for the US.
Without being cruel I hope that they cannot fly to the US which might give Emile a chance for the 100m. It will hamper our chances for the 4x100 but as far as I am concerned I would much rather see him run 100 than 4x100.
He was in my neck of the woods for a bit! Good luck to him in Eugene.Emile has just touched down in Seattle 1pm their time. His flight for Eugene leaves at 3pm.
well done, White Whale! (i seem to recall that is his nickname. my apologies if that is my error, sir.)
Sorry for the sad news. Tell him we said hi and I hope is back healthy and home with family soon. Hopefully he can still get a couple of races if possible in August in Europe it works out.
This literally is the reason why the relatively weak Canadian team beat the Americans who had an all star team for their relay but lost to the slower team on paper. I wonder if a relay training camp could have helped this team.Hi Guys, just an update.
6th place they are not to happy but Emile ecstatic with his split time of 9.06 in the heats. They dropped Bruintjies who started and had Emile start in the final. Big mistake Gift ran back straight and only managed 9.24. Our handovers was the slowest and .55 slower than Canada. Difference between Canada and South Africa 0.62. Oh what could have been!
But we take a lot of positives from this.
Bad news is that Emile was to board a flight tonight for the UK and commonwealth games but picked up Covid in Eugene. Tested positive this morning and has to stay at home. He is hoping to return to Europe as soon as he is well and finish up the European season.