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Wayde and Simbine running in Lausanne tonight─── MORGAN PIEK 14:00 Tue, 29 Jun 2021
Wayde van Niekerk - Getty
Today is D-day for track and field athletes to qualify for the 2021 Olympic Game in Tokyo which will begin next month.
The South Africa sprinting duo of Wayde van Niekerk and Akani Simbine will both be in action in Switzerland tonight.
Both have already qualified and tonight in Lausanne will be all about announcing themselves as serious contenders for gold in Japan.
Bloemfontein’s Van Niekerk will be running in the 400m for men at 20:56 this evening. Simbine in his turn will be in the starting blocks for the 100m sprint at 20:35.
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