06-05-2025
SA's Olympic medal 4x100m team 'needs to step it up' at World Relays
The South African men's 4x100m team that won silver at the Paris Olympics needs to step it up at World Relays in China this weekend, says Bradley Nkoana, who ran the third leg at the Stade de France last year.
He was talking at the relay camp in Johannesburg on Tuesday before the bulk of the team — which features several members of the national under-20 squad from last year — flies to Guangzhou on Wednesday afternoon.
'We're going to have to step up at some point,' Nkoana said. 'We won't just relax and be like 'oh, we won a silver medal, we're entitled to win another one'.
'We have to step up our game and show up and be the best on the day.'
Nkoana is one of three survivors from Paris, alongside Bayanda Walaza and Akani Simbine.
The trio competed with Shaun Maswanganyi in France and with Benjamin Richardson at the 2024 World Relays, where they won Olympic qualification.
