Roto only fell short of gold by 0.02sec with a time of 10.24sec, behind Chinese Taipei’s Yang Chun-Han, who had the support of his home crowd.
Twenty-two-year-old Roto qualified in the first round of the men’s 100m with a time of 10.51 and in round two at 10.35. He just got better in the Semi-final winning his race in 10.18 and admits he could have come out better on the starting blocks in the final - but now he has a silver medal to add to his slowly growing cabinet.
Roto set his 9.95 personal best at the Gauteng North Championships in March this year and improved after falling short in London a few days ago. The upcoming star said he gets his inspiration from himself, his mother and coach.
‘If I’d executed a better race I would have been tops, but I’m quite happy with my performance. I’m so proud that I could do this for my country,’ said Roto.
He now looks forward to the 4x100m men’s relay race with his South African team-mates on Sunday.
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