Jobodwana leads Team South Africa to Portland 2016

National record-holders Anaso Jobodwana and Henricho Bruintjies will feature on South Africa’s team for the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016.

Of the 11 members of the all-men’s team, 10 of them – including Jobodwana – will be making their IAAF World Indoor Championships debut.

Jobodwana set a national record of 19.87 when taking the bronze medal at the IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 to go alongside the national indoor record of 20.47 he set in 2013. Last year he set a 60m PB of 6.60.

Fellow sprinter Henricho Bruintjies has never competed indoors, but last year set a South African 100m record of 9.97, a mark that was equalled a few days later by Akani Simbine.

Zarck Visser is the only member of the team to have previously competed at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.

After jumping an indoor PB of 7.93m in Sopot two years ago, he went on to win the African title and take the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. Last year he improved his outdoor best to 8.41m.

African decathlon record-holder Willem Coertzen will contest the heptathlon, while All-Africa Games champion Antonio Alkana is entered for the 60m hurdles and African bronze medallist Ruswahl Samaai will compete in the long jump.

Team South Africa to Portland 2016

Men:
60m: Henricho Bruintjies, Anaso Jobodwana
60m hurdles: Antonio Alkana
Long jump: Ruswahl Samaai, Zarck Visser
Heptathlon: Willem Coertzen
4x400m: Shaun de Jager, Ofentse Mogawane, Thapelo Phora, Jon Seeliger, Sonwabiso Skhosana