At the same event, South Africa’s Akani Simbine stormed to 100m success and USA’s Dalilah Muhammad clinched a clear 400m hurdles win. In his first race since securing the first individual global medal of his career at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, 60m bronze medallist Simbine stepped back up to the 100m in style.

17 years old and killing it ????

Hanna Hope Vermaak is South Africa's next generation ??????

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He was put under pressure from Kenya’s African record-holder Ferdinand Omanyala, but Simbine had the stronger finish and he strode ahead in the final metres. The South African clocked 9.90 into a -1.4m/s headwind for the fastest 100m in the world so far this year. Omanyala was second in 10.00.

The women’s 100m was won by South Africa’s Hanna Hope Vermaak (17) and Viwe Jingqi (20), with the same time of 11.44 (-0.2m/s).

Guys. South African women’s sprinting has a bright future as well… Hanna Hope Vermaak is still only 17 and Viwe Jingqi just turned 20. https://t.co/44nzmpPZG5

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Former world 400m hurdles record-holder Muhammad continued her farewell season with a dominant victory. The 2019 world champion clocked 53.81 to triumph ahead of her US compatriot Cassandra Tate (55.59), while a close men’s race was won by South Africa’s Njabulo Mbatha in 49.06.

Tebogo’s Olympic 4x400m silver medal-winning teammate Ndori achieved a strong 400m win. He was ahead off the final curve and maintained that momentum, crossing the finish line in 44.35 for the second-fastest time of his career, to win by three-tenths of a second ahead of South Africa’s Zakithi Nene.

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