Akani Simbine ran a storming anchor leg to help Team South Africa clinch the gold medal in the men’s 4x100m relay by the narrowest of margins at the World Relays in Poland on Sunday night.
National 100m champion Simbine received the baton from Clarence Munyai for the final leg with South Africa slightly behind Brazil.
The 27-year-old drifted further behind as he tried to secure the baton, and it took at least another 30 or so metres to get into his full stride.
But Simbine, who ran a wind-assisted 9.82 seconds in Pretoria last month, showed his class as he chased down the Brazilians’ finisher, Paulo Andre Camilo de Oliveira.