Budapest 2023: South Africa’s Akani Simbine Disqualified From Men’s 100 Metres

• Akani Simbine was the only South African to qualify for the 100-metre semi-finals in Budapest
• Simbine failed to progress from the semi-final of the event after he was disqualified for a false start
• Reigning world champion Fred Kerley was also eliminated from the semi-finals after finishing third

Akani Simbine won’t get a chance to grab gold at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

The South African, who was an outside favourite for the 100-metre title, failed to progress to the final of the sprint showdown.

Simbine was disqualified in the second semi-final of the event for a false start.

After the false start, Simbine was shown a card and went over to the monitor to watch the replay before deciding whether to appeal the decision.

After realising that he had indeed fractionally gone early, he accepted the decision and walked off.

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It was a truly heartbreaking moment for the South African, as he was the only one from the country to make it into the semi-finals of the event.

As noted by Times LIVE, South Africa’s Shaun Maswanganyi and Benji Richardson failed to progress from the heats after they each finished fourth in their respective races.

Maswanganyi finished in a time of 10.21, while Richardson finished his heat in 10.17.

Simbine wasn't the only big name to fail to qualify. Defending champion Fred Kerly also failed to progress out of the semis, leaving many shocked.

Kerley eliminated, Omanyala squeaks through

Ferdinand Omanyala will have a chance to contest his first-ever men's 100m final at the World Championships after he finished as one of the best next non-automatic qualifiers in the semifinals.

Omanyala finished third in the first heat with a time of 10.01 seconds and was forced to wait for the other heats to know if he had made it to the final, Sports Brief reported.

Omanyala made it through after the reigning world champion Fred Kerley finished third in his heat with a time of 10.02 seconds which was slower than Omanyala's, and saw him being eliminated.