#TuksAthletics: SA athletes in action at World Championships

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

- Author Source: Sascoc

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