FLASHBACK: Wayde van Niekerk stuns the world at Rio de Janeiro Olympics
Monday, 14 August was the seven-year anniversary of Wayde van Niekerk’s world record-breaking run in the 400m at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Monday, 14 August was the seven-year anniversary of South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk’s world record-breaking run in the men’s 400m at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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Running out of Lane 8, Van Niekerk stopped the clock in a time of 43.03 to claim the gold medal ahead of Grenada’s Kirani James and American LaShawn Merritt.
Seven years later that time still stands as the quickest ever 1-lap time recorded.
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Van Niekerk, now 31, will be one of South Africa’s big medal hopes at this year’s World Athletics Championships in Budapest next week.
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