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SA’s Olympic silver medal 4x100m relay team fail to make Tokyo final | SA News

South Africa’s Olympic silver medal 4x100m relay team crashed out of the world championships in Tokyo on Sunday morning after running too slowly in their time trial.

They had needed to match 38.34 sec while running by themselves in lane 6, but they never quite ignited as they went around the National Stadium track in 38.64.

The required time equated to the 12th fastest time ever run by a South African quartet, which set the 37.57 national record finishing second at the Paris Games last year. They had been quicker on five occasions in the past two years. 

Shaun Maswanganyi clocked 10.50 on the opening leg on Sunday, with Sinesipho Dambile going 9.27. Bradley Nkoana completed the bend in…

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