PILLAY Lythe

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2021	Chorzow, POL	5th (3:05.76)

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
6	2021	400m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	45.90

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Lythening (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

Athlete, Student

Partner Christy Schulz

English

Old Edwardian Athletics Club [Johannesburg, RSA]

Lindi du Plessis; Corne du Plessis

In 2020 he bruised a bone in his ankle, ruling him out for several months. (worldathletics.org, 09 May 2021)

In 2019 he fell ill with a spontaneous pneumothorax and was bedridden, missing two months of training and school. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021; dailysun.co.za, 25 Nov 2019)

He took up running at age six in primary school in South Africa. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021; sowetanlive.co.za, 10 Apr 2019)

"It all started when my lifelong neighbour Jaden Steyn who would always run away with my phone or game controller. I had to chase him around our complex. Since then athletics has really just been a part of me." (backtrack.co.za, 01 Jan 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 03 May 2021)

He has five training session a week. (worldathletics.org, 09 May 2021)

Being selected to compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

South African sprinter Wayde van Niekerk. (sowetanlive.co.za, 10 Apr 2019)

His uncle Mervyn. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

"It comes down to who wants it the most and who trains the hardest." (Post, 12 May 2021)

In 2019 he was named Central Gauteng Athletics Junior Male Athlete of the Year. (dailysun.co.za, 25 Nov 2019)