By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - This morning we begin the build-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Each week we will be profiling a must see athlete and we begin with none other than South African sprinting sensation - Akani Simbine. The 27-year-old from Kempton Park has his sights firmly set on becoming the first black African athlete to win gold in the blue-ribbon event. He placed fifth at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metres and is the 100 metres African record holder with a time of 9.84 seconds - which was set just this month. Let's find out more now about this exciting athlete in the first edition of Newsbreak's OLYMPIC PROFILE series... 
 

By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - This morning we begin the build-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Each week we will be profiling a must see athlete and we begin with none other than South African sprinting sensation - Akani Simbine. The 27-year-old from Kempton Park has his sights firmly set on becoming the first black African athlete to win gold in the blue-ribbon event. He placed fifth at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metres and is the 100 metres African record holder with a time of 9.84 seconds - which was set just this month. Let's find out more now about this exciting athlete in the first edition of Newsbreak's OLYMPIC PROFILE series...&nbsp; &nbsp;

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