{"id":2630,"date":"2026-09-10T09:59:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/rome\/?p=2630"},"modified":"2026-09-10T12:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:41:18","slug":"bayanda-walaza-storms-to-9-91s-victory-and-meet-record-in-rovereto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/rome\/2026\/09\/10\/bayanda-walaza-storms-to-9-91s-victory-and-meet-record-in-rovereto\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayanda Walaza Storms to 9.91s Victory and Meet Record in Rovereto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/rome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2026\/09\/b_walaza.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">South African sprint sensation\u00a0<strong>Bayanda Walaza<\/strong> powered to a dominant win in the men\u2019s 100m at the Rovereto International Meeting, stopping the clock at a blistering <strong>9.91 seconds<\/strong> (+0.5 m\/s).<\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The 20-year-old\u2019s performance set a new <strong>meet record<\/strong> and marked his <strong>fourth sub-10 second clocking<\/strong> of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Walaza finished well clear of the field, with Ghana\u2019s <strong>Abdul-Rasheed Saminu<\/strong> taking second in 10.01s and Canada\u2019s <strong>Eliezer Adjibi<\/strong> third in 10.09s.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The result continues Walaza\u2019s impressive 2026 campaign, which has already seen him dip under 9.90 twice (including matching his personal best of 9.89s earlier this season). The Olympic 4x100m silver medallist and former World U20 double champion keeps underlining his status as one of the most exciting young sprinters on the global circuit.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 <strong>Bayanda Walaza<\/strong> \u2013 9.91s (Meet Record)<br \/>\n\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded Abdul-Rasheed Saminu \u2013 10.01s<br \/>\n\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 Eliezer Adjibi \u2013 10.09s<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nigfooty.com\/2026\/09\/bayanda-walaza-storms-to-991s-victory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nigfooty.com\/2026\/09\/bayanda-walaza-storms-to-991s-victory.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African sprint sensation\u00a0Bayanda Walaza powered to a dominant win in the men\u2019s 100m at the Rovereto International Meeting, stopping the clock at a blistering 9.91 seconds (+0.5 m\/s). The 20-year-old\u2019s performance set a new meet record and marked his fourth sub-10 second clocking of the 2026 season. Walaza finished well clear of the field, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/rome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/rome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/rome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/rome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/rome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2630"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/rome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2639,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/rome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630\/revisions\/2639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/rome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/rome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/rome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}