Makarawu, Charamba through to Olympics 200m final

Zimbabwean sprint duo Tapiwanashe Makarawu and Makanakaishe Charamba are through to the 200m Olympics final.

Both came third in their respective heats but ran the next best times to get the two non-automatic spot.

Charamba ran his heat in 20.16s, while Charamba did it in 20.31s.

They become the first Zimbabweans through to final of a sprint competition since Brian Dzingai in 2008. It will be the first time two Zimbabweans have been in the final.

The duo will take on other speedsters in Noah Lyles of the US and Botswana’s gunshot Leslie Tebogo.

The final is on Thursday evening.

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