South African sprinting prodigy Bayanda Walaza turned simply the ninth South African to dip under the 10-second mark within the 100m on his technique to being topped Gauteng champion on Saturday.
Hearken to this text 4 min Hearken to this text 4 min Bayanda Walaza left Present Leotlela (10.17 seconds) and Emile Erasmus (10.26 seconds) in his wake on the best way to rewriting 100m historical past on the Athletics Gauteng North championships, which came about at Pretoria’s Pilditch Stadium on Friday and Saturday, 14-15 March.
The standout second got here from Walaza after the 19-year-old ran a blistering private finest time of 9.99 seconds to clinch gold within the 100m sprint. With the victory Walaza turned simply the ninth South African to run a time of beneath 10 seconds within the distance. The Tshwane College of Expertise (TUT) pupil can also be the primary junior from South Africa to handle the feat.
Walaza’s time is a world lead for 2025, though the season remains to be in its infancy and the mark will probably be toppled. Nonetheless, it is simply one other occasion of the younger athlete displaying his potential to turn out to be South Africa’s best sprinter.
Walaza’s unorthodox operating model has seen him draw comparisons to a galloping horse, and even a windmill, when he’s in full stride.
“That’s his survival mechanism,” Walaza’s coach, Thabo Matebedi, informed Sunday Instances of the starlet’s operating model throughout…