South Africa’s Akani Simbine celebrates after winning the men’s 100m during the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Suzhou. (HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP)
Olympic hopeful and South African sprinter Akani Simbine clinched the men’s 100m title at the Suzhou Diamond League meeting on Saturday.
Simbine won the men’s 100 metres with a season’s best of 10.01 seconds ahead of American Christian Coleman (10.04).
“I expected a better performance but I am fine with today’s result which I achieved my SB today,” said newly-crowned world indoor 60m champion Coleman, who won the blue riband event in Xiamen.
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