ZAZINI Sokwakhana

African Games

Year	Location	400m Hurdles
2019	Rabat, MAR	Heats (DQ)

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
5	2021	400m Hurdles	World Athletics Continental Tour	Turku, FIN	50.72

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	400m Hurdles
2018	Tampere, FIN	1st (49.42)

World Youth Championships

Year	Location	400m Hurdles	4 x 400m
2017	Nairobi, KEN	1st (49.27)	3rd (3:24.45)

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

Socks, Soks (rekordeast.co.za, 17 Jul 2019; up.ac.za, 15 Jul 2019)

Athlete, Student

Sports Science - University of Pretoria, South Africa

English

Tuks Athletics [South Africa]

Paul Gorries [personal], RSA

He sustained a hamstring injury in early 2020. (news24.com, 10 May 2020)

In 2019 he suffered a bone bruise in his right foot and missed the world championships in Doha, Qatar. (iol.co.za, 16 Sep 2019)

He was troubled by symphysis pubis dysfunction [pelvic pain] in 2018 and 2019. (rekordeast.co.za, 17 Jul 2019; newframe.com, 16 Aug 2018; news24.com, 13 Feb 2019)

He began hurdling at primary school. "I've always been in love with athletics and hurdles was always my dream event, so I started doing it from a young age and I was able to work on my technique." (newframe.com, 16 Aug 2018; worldathletics.org, 21 Jul 2017)

"When I was young I saw all the guys running hurdles and I just wanted to experience it. I told my coach at primary school I wanted to try hurdles and he said it could actually work. We tried it and it worked. I find hurdles a bit more interesting because you have to focus on running and jumping at the same time. It's a bit challenging and not as easy as it looks, but it feels so natural, I feel like it's in my blood." (newframe.com, 16 Aug 2018)

"I will race anyone, any time, no matter how old they are or what they have achieved. If I get whipped, so be it, I will take it like a man. The only thing that matters to me is that afterwards, I should know that I raced to the best of my ability." (Junior Tukkie Magazine, 15 Nov 2019)