ATHLETICS NEWS - Luvo Manyonga was the star performer, standing up for the South African team on Friday evening in the Long Jump, on Day 2 of the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, England.
Manyonga secured the silver medal with a best leap of 8.44m, adding four centimetres (4cm) to his own African record and falling just 2cm short of Cuban gold medallist Juan Miguel Echevarria.
It was South Africa's first medal at the biennial indoor championships since 2010.
The remaining members of the SA team struggled to mount a challenge for the podium in a tough Long Jump battle, with Ruswahl Samaai taking sixth place (8.05m) and Khotso Mokoena ending 14th (7.53m).
On the track, Carina Horn did well to put up a fight, but missed out on the 60m Women final by the narrowest of margins.
After taking second place in her heat in the morning session, she went on to finish third in her semifinal in 7.18, just 0.01 outside a spot in the medal decider.
