Zaahier Adams
South African teenage sprint sensation Bayanda Walaza is not planning to join his Olympic relay teammate Shaun Maswangani in the US to further his career next year.
Walaza received a heros welcome at OR Tambo International yesterday upon his return after winning the sprint double at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Peru.
The 18-year-old is currently preparing to complete his matric preliminary exams at Curro Hazeldean High School, but has already received plenty of bursary offers from the US.
Maswanganyi, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m relay with Walaza at the Paris Olympics, is at Houston State University where he is coached by American track and field legend Carl Lewis. But Walaza feels that he will be better served staying in South Africa where he will study logistics at Tuks University in Pretoria next year.
