Emile, Rikenette looking good in Copenhagen
JOHANNESBURG: Emile Erasmus, a member of the 4x100m men’s relay quartet that won silver at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games this year took first place in the 100m event at the Copenhagen Athletics Games on Tuesday evening.
Erasmus posted the second-fastest time of his career racing to victory in 10.11sec.
He beat former national record-holder Simon Magakwe to the line, the seven-time South African champion crossing in 10.18. Junior athlete Thembo Monareng finished in fifth place with a time of 10.56.
South African 100m hurdles record-holder Rikenette Steenkamp also flew the flag proudly.
Steenkamp dipped below 13 seconds, winning the short sprint hurdles event in a time of 12.99 seconds.
She was followed by Germany’s Franziska Hofmann in second place in 13.14 and Klaudia Siciarz of Poland in third place in 13.27.
Steenkamp set a new SA 100m hurdles record at the Josef Odložil Memorial in Prague at the beginning of the month, with a time of 12.91 seconds.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Wenda Nel also made the podium in Copenhagen finishing third in the 400m hurdles in a time of 56.95.
Denmark’s Sara Slott Petersen won the race in a time of 55.48 with Yanique Haye of Jamaica bagging silver.
Le Roux Hamman finished second in the men’s 400m hurdles in a time of 50.68 finishing.