By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
South Africa’s Akani Simbine takes the win in the semi-final with a time of 9.87 seconds, with Letsile Tebogo of Botswana finishing second.
The men’s 100m final will take place at 21:50 (SA time) on Sunday, 4 August. He will line up with the fifth-fastest qualifying time behind Jamaicans Kishane Thompson (9.80) and Oblique Seville (9.81) and Americans Noah Lyles (9.83) and Fred Kerley (9.84).
Defending champion Marcell Jacobs 9.92 in third and Bednarek 9.93 in fourth are on the bubble ahead of the third heat.
Meanwhile, Shaun Maswanganyi finished fifth in the first semi-final in 10:02, while Benjamin Richardson finished third in the third semi-final in 9.95, but both failed to progress to the final.
Team SA started the day with four medals with Tatjana Smith (gold and silver) and the men’s sevens rugby and Alan Hatherly (bronze) putting them at 24th place on the overall table. For now, China (16 golds) lead France (12), Australia (12) and the United States (11) in the standings.
Men’s 400m, round 1 heats: Lythe Pillay finished 6th in his heat in 45.60 and progressed to the repechage stage
Men’s 400m, round 1 heats: Zakhiti Nene finished 4th in 45.01 and progressed to the repechage stage
Men’s long jump qualification, Group A: Jovan van Vuuren produced a best leap of 7.70m which left him in 23rd spot overall and missing out on the top 12 for the final
Men’s long jump qualification, Group B: Cheswill Johnson produced a best leap of 4.49m which left him in 31st spot overall and missing out on the top 12 for the final
Women’s 400m H, first round, heats: Rogail Joseph produced a personal best 54.56sec to finish 2nd in her heat and automatically qualify for the semi-finals
Women’s 400m H, first round, heats: Zeney Geldenhuys finished 3rd in her heat to qualify automatically for the semi-finals
CYCLING
Women’s road race: Ashleigh Moolman Pasio finished 33rd in 4hr 4min 23sec, exactly 5:00 behind gold medallist Kristen Faulkner of the USA. Tiffany Keep registered a DNF.