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Ndebele was a member of the Zimbabwe 4x400m relay team which brought a bronze medal from the 2007 All-Africa Games held in Algeria.
Ndebele is based at the High Performance Centre in Pretoria, South Africa.
He said the Saturday meet provided him with a perfect chance to run a good time.
“In my first race in Germinston I ran 46.23 seconds. I am hopeful that I will improve my time and make a good mark. I want to run at the Olympics, it is every athlete’s dream to run at that level,” said Ndebele.
The former Sprinters athlete followed up that promising start to the season with his best in three years when he timed 45.98 seconds. This is the fastest time by any Zimbabwean over the distance this year.
He ran it at a competitive field in Stellebonsch, South Africa.
Ndebele’s time at his last event was 46.10 seconds at his home track at the High Performance Centre.
In Pretoria, Ndebele has been receiving expert training and running regularly with top athletes from Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa who are based there.
“I am enjoying every moment of my athletics and I look forward to representing Zimbabwe,” said Ndebele.
Zimbabwean athletes continue to bid for places in the Olympic Games team.
Gabriel Mvumvure should count himself unlucky after running a 10.16 seconds in the 100m race last week which was wind assisted.
The automatic qualifying standard for the 100m is 10.18 seconds while the ‘B’ effort is 10.24 seconds.
But the times should not be wind assisted to be considered.
For the 400m the ‘A’ qualifying standard is 45.30 seconds and the ‘B’ grade 45.90 seconds.
Online Reporter