Team South Africa’s prospects of a medal in an individual event at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo are slim.
National 200m champion, Sinesipho Dambile, finished 8th in the men’s 200m final, this afternoon. His clocked a time of 20.23 seconds. American Noah Lyle won gold in 19.52 seconds, with countryman Kenny Bednarek second and Bryan Levell of Jamaica third.
All eyes on Sinesipho Dambile
Sinesipho lines up in the Men’s 200m Final today at 15:06 CAT — tune in on SS Variety 3!#WCHTokyo25 #TeamSA #ForMyCountry pic.twitter.com/bNugcGBiCC
— Team South Africa (@OfficialTeamRSA) September 19, 2025
Paris Olympic Games gold medallist, Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, could only finish fourth.
In the women’s javelin, Paris Olympic silver medallist, Jo-Ane du Plessis, just sneaked into the final.
Her distance of 61.38m placed her 5th in her group and 10th overall.