Werner Prinsloo: Akani Simbine's Journey to 9.82 and 4th Place at the Paris Olympics

The Track and Field Performance Podcast - A podcast by Colm Bourke

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In this episode, I chatted with Werner Prinsloo, the coach behind South African sprinting sensation Akani Simbine who in his third consecutive Olympic 100m final, at the age of 30, ran a national record of 9.82 seconds to finish fourth place. Werner shares his unique journey into coaching, from a corporate career to becoming a full-time coach for one of the world’s most consistent sub-10-second sprinters and his group of aspiring elite sprinters in Johannesburg. Key topics incl...