Sa Sprint Legend Akani Simbine Makes Solid Start To Indoor Circuit In Berlin

Its not often that you see Akani Simbine running in February, but they say 2025 should be viewed as 20 20 THRIVE and that is what the South African sprinting legend is trying to do by running on the indoor circuit for the first time.

The 31-year-old Olympic silver medallist from last years Paris Games in the 4x100m relay began his journey to Septembers world athletics championships in Tokyo by participating in the ISTAF World Indoor Tour meeting in Berlin on Friday night.

Simbine lined up in the 60m dash, where his outdoor personal best is 6.53 seconds.

At least the indoor meetings allow for a heat and final for the sprinters, which made Simbines trip to the German capital more worthwhile.

He emerged victorious in his heat in front of a packed 12 000-capacity crowd at the Mercedes-Benz Arena.