Posted on August 04, 2017
South Africa has seven athletes doing duty on day one of the IAAF World Championships in London on Friday.
Evening session (all times SA):
8.30pm: Long jump qualifying – Luvo Manyonga, Ruswahl Samaai, Zarck Visser
What they need to do: Jump 8.05 metres for automatic qualification, or be one of the top 12 performers from the two qualifying groups to progress to Saturday’s final
9.20pm: 100m heats – Akani Simbine, Thando Roto
What they need to do: Finish in the first three in their respective heats to progress to Saturday’s semi-final
9.45pm: Discus qualifying – Victor Hogan
What he needs to do: Throw 64.50m for automatic qualification, or be one of the top 12 performers from the two qualifying groups to progress to Saturday’s final
10.20pm: 10,000m final – Stephen Mokoka
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