The Tuks/HPC-athlete won in a time of 12.92s which is 0.02s faster than the record set by Corien Botha in 1998. Unfortunately the wind from behind was measured at 2.01m/s which means it was too strong by 0.01m/s for Steenkamp’s time to be officially recognised.
Last Thursday in Ostrava she won in a time of 12.99s. So it is safe to predict that the record is going to go. The only remaining question is when. Steenkamp’s next race will be on 11 July in Gothenburg, Sweden.
According to Steenkamp yesterday’s weather conditions were far from ideal.
“In spite of it being cold and rainy I still manged to put together a good race which is a great confidence booster. It is also exciting to know that I was able to twice dip under 13 seconds in four days,” said the Tuks/HPC-athlete
Emile Erasmus (Tuks) finished second in the 100m, running 10.21s. He is the first to admit that it was not one of his better performances.
