Zimbabwe athletes’ performances on the indoor scene up to now factors to an amazing yr in worldwide monitor working.
Nationwide file holder within the 200m occasion, Tapiwanashe Makarawu finds himself third finest on this planet with a time of 20.48 seconds achieved on January 18.
One of the best effort up to now within the season was run by Swedish runner Erik Elarndsson on January 17, who clocked 20.43 seconds, nicely exterior Makarawu’s season finest for 2024 of 20.29 seconds, which made him a high three finisher for the season. Makarawu additionally represented Zimbabwe on the Olympic Video games in Paris and has already launched his ticket to the World Athletics Championships, scheduled for Tokyo, Japan, in September. In what may very well be a repeat of the 2024 season, Makanakaishe Charamba, who made it into the Olympic last of the 200m with Makarawu, is quantity 5 on the listing of the most effective occasions over the indoor distance this yr in 20.55 seconds.
Former Bulawayo athlete Denzil Simusialela began the month of February with a bang, working the Thirty second-best time of the season on Saturday. He timed 20.91 seconds with Takudzwa Chiyangwa 86th with 21.11 seconds achieved on Friday. On an outside courtroom the place about 100 m is straight, these athletes are anticipated to do higher occasions and qualify for the Tokyo World Championships. Makarawu, in his blistering season final yr, set a brand new file of 19.93 seconds open air, with Charamba additionally working a private better of 19.95.
The previous was seventh within the Olympic last. Chiyangwa has made a robust case for the 400m and 200m for the upcoming out of doors season by working the third-best 300m time of 32.38 seconds, bettering the Thirteenth-best time of Makarawu of 33.01, which was till January 25 the nationwide file. One other Zimbabwean finds himself within the high 50 of the 300m race in 33.42 seconds; that is Takudzwa Pahuma. He additionally has a season’s finest within the 400)m of 46.89 seconds, which is sixtieth on this planet. Zimbabwe could also be having robust 4×100 and 4x400m groups if they’re put to the take a look at to qualify for the World Championships, as they’ve 4 sprinters who’ve proven character up to now.