At the recently concluded 2025 World Athletics Diamond League Rabat, Morocco, 31-year-old South African Scud Akani Simbin took the lead in the men's 100m sprint battle with a time of 9.95 seconds to win gold in the 100m of the Diamond League for three consecutive years.
31-year-old South African Scud Akani Simbin
Akani Simbin, who won gold in Xiamen and Shanghai Yangtze River Delta, became the only man to break under 10 seconds in Rabat, and he started the season well, saying: "I feel great and confident because I can finish strong and healthy, and another race under 10 seconds, which gives me confidence for the rest of the season, and then I will go back to Italy to continue training and prepare for the next race." ”
Kenyan flyer Ferdinand Omanyara won silver in 10.05 seconds, while Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Fred Kelly won bronze in the men's 100m and American fast-legged Fred Kelly in 10.07 seconds.
More surprisingly, the 21-year-old Botswana star Raisili Terborg, the gold medallist in the men's 200m at the Paris Olympics, finished ninth in 10.43 seconds, and he also withdrew from the 200m race after the race, explaining that because of the recurrence of the injury, he now needs to focus on recovery, vowing to return with a stronger attitude.