South African sports shines bright on a global stage once more, with another sports star breaking records and flying the country’s flag high.
This time, it is 23-year-old sprinter Shaun Maswanganyi. He broke the 200m indoor national record when he finished second in the 200m final at the Big 12 Conference Indoor Championship in Texas a few days ago. He was running for the University of Houston (where he is a student), at an indoor track and field meeting; and finished the race in a time of 20.41 seconds.
The record was previously held by countryman Ncincilili Titi in a time of 20.45 seconds, which had stood since 2018. Shaun also won a silver medal at the Texas meet in the 60m race. He is the South African 60-metre indoor U20 national record holder and the South African U20 national 100-metre record holder.
Shaun is also an Olympian and participated in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m men’s relay events. He was born in Soweto and attended school in Pretoria at St. Alban’s College. He is an avid social media user and you can follow him on channels like TikTok.
Shaun Maswanganyi is certainly an athlete that the country can be extremely proud of and one whose star continues to rise.
