Jo-Ané van Dyk stunned the javelin field with her silver medal effort inside the Stade de France on Saturday while Akani Simbine and co pulled off a sensational silver in the 4x100m relay.
Listen to this article 6 min Listen to this article 6 min After years of being the nearly-man of world athletics, 100m sprinter Akani Simbine finally has an Olympic medal as a symbol of his excellence, consistency and longevity in the sport.
On the penultimate night of action in the Olympic stadium, 30-year-old sprint star Simbine, who led youngsters Shaun Maswanganyi (23), Bradley Nkoana (19) and Bayanda Walaza (18) - Walaza is still in high school - to a silver medal in the men's 4x100m sprint relay.
advertisementDon't want to see this? Remove adsThe youngsters held their own against a competitive field of athletes, but Simbine, running the anchor leg, ensured the medal for South Africa with a blistering run of 8.78s. He took the team from fifth to second in that time.
Simbine received the baton with Italy, Japan, France and Canada ahead and Great Britain tight on his heels. He managed to haul in France, Japan and Italy - as did Great Britain - but just ran out of track to catch up with Canada's Andre De Grasse.
Canada closed in 37.50sec, South Africa in 37.57sec and team GB claimed bronze in 37.61sec.
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