Walaza, at the age of 18, was the youngest member of the 4x100m relay team that won the silver medal in Paris last Friday, anchored by Simbine.

The 30-year-old has been the face of SA sprints for close to a decade now and played his anchoring role with aplomb to win this silver medal. Walaza says they appreciate him a lot,” And also, Simbine, I look up to Simbine a lot.

He is something else I don’t want to lie, Yoh, that guy inspires me, Yoh I don’t know what to say. For him to stand up for the country like that even when he didn’t get a medal , but he was happy about it because he showed up for the country. Other people like talking about him not getting a medal again and that’s not good because that guy showed up for the country.”

--ChannelAfrica--