It was a day to forget for South Africa’s two men’s long jumpers in qualifying at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
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Cheswill Johnson failed to record a distance and withdrew injured while Ruswahl Samaai had a best effort of only 7.74m.
That distance was only good enough for 22nd, meaning Samaai missed out on a place in the 12-man final.
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Luvo Manyonga, South Africa’s silver medal winner from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, was banned from competing in Japan.
He was handed a four-year ban after failing to meet ‘whereabouts’ criteria, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced in June.
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