Akani Simbine will hope to crown his finest season in his illustrious career with another triumph in the Diamond League final in Brussels tonight.
The South African 100m record-holder will take on a stellar field at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme meeting (8.17pm SA time), with all but one of the runners boasting a seasons best below 10 seconds.
Simbines main rival for the Diamond League title will be American powerhouse Fred Kerley, who pipped the South African to a bronze medal in the Olympic 100m final last month.
Kerley ran a seasons best 9.81 seconds at the Stade de France in Paris to hold off Simbine, who clocked a new SA record of 9.82.
It was yet another close call in missing out on a podium finish, but Simbine finally broke that bogey by leading the SA 4x100m relay team to a silver medal at the Olympics in fine style alongside Bayanda Walaza, Bradley Nkoana and Shaun Maswanganyi.
