There were six athletes representing South Africa at the World Indoor Championships in Kujawy Pomorze, Poland. Here is how they each performed at the event. In terms of records, Franco le Roux set an African record in the men’s 60m hurdles, a 7.50sec in the heats. He followed up with runs of 7.55 and 7.51sec. Luan Munnick produced a personal, best in the 3000m.
There were two world records, six Championship records and 46 National records at the event.
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Luan Munnik (3000m): Produced a personal best of 7min 37.94sec in finishing seventh behind Josh Kerr of GBR who won the gold with a time of 7:35.56.
Franco le Roux (60mH): He won his heat in an African record 7.50sec to progress to the semi-finals. It left him as the 3rd fastest qualifier from the heats. In the semi-final he placed fourth in his race in 7.55, which left him in 9th on the overall summary, first reserve for the final. Dylan Beard of the USA withdrew from the final and Le Roux got his chance. There he finished 7th , with another strong run, this time 7.51.
Mondray Barnard (60mH): Finished 4th in his heat in 7.69 and originally missed out on a place in the semi-finals as he was 20th fastest overall. However, some scratchings elevated him into the 16 semi-final spots. There, he finished 7th in his heat in 7.68, which wasn’t enough for him to progress further.
Luvo Manyonga (long jump): Was unable to produce a measure in his series of jumps and was given a NM finish. Gold was won by Portugal’s Gerson Balde with a winning leap of 8.46m.
Temoso Masikane (long jump): Placed 16th overall after a best effort of 7.37m. Gold was won by Portugal’s Gerson Balde with a winning leap of 8.46m.
Aiden Smith (shot put): Finished 15th with a best effort of 19.07m in the one-off final. New Zealand’s Tom Walsh won gold with a heave of 21.82m.