Olympic relay star Bayanda Walaza, stormed through to capture the under-20 mens world 100m crown in Lima on Thursday morning (SA time) with his Paris teammate Bradley Nkoana taking bronze.
The matric pupil at Curro Hazeldean in Pretoria delivered the quickest start and held on to his lead down the track to take a surprise victory in 10.19sec despite his unorthodox style where his head rocks and arms flail.
Once dubbed Wobble Wobble, the 18-year-old continued a dream run that started with the Olympic silver in the 4x100m relay at the Paris Games.
Thailands Puripol Boonson, 18, was second in 10.22 and 19-year-old Nkoana, who ran the third leg at the Olympics, third in 10.26. Nkoana, who studies coaching science at North West University in Potchefstroom, was the oldest in a field that included three 17-year-olds.
South Africa now has three medals and was lying joint third on the medals table after two days of competition in Peru.
