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Akani Simbine among the favourites at Florence Diamond League
News24
Olympian sprinter
Diamond League series in Florence, Italy.
Simbine will line-up in the men s 100m and will turn out among the favourites for victory.
In April, Simbine dipped under 10 seconds, winning gold and clocking 9.99 seconds at the SA Senior Championships in Tshwane.
However, the 27-year-old will need to be at his best against a field which includes Arthur Cisse of the Ivory Coast, who finished second behind Simbine at the 2018 African Championships in Asaba, Nigeria as well as European indoor 60m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy and British sprinter Chijindu Ujah.