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Wayde van Niekerk, the man Usain Bolt declared would “take over” athletics in his absence, will be out of action for nearly a year after injuring himself in a celebrity touch rugby match.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Wayde van Niekerk started out in Lane 8, wide to the right of two Olympic champions, the starting position usually reserved for runners who go home and beam with pride about ...
Wayde van Niekerk at Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, August 14. Van Niekerk aims to break the record again in future. FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty. With Bolt bowing out of the Olympics in Rio this ...
Wayde van Niekerk's career arc has also been unusual. He started out in 200m (and even 100m) early in his career but switched to 400m before Beijing, tasting outstanding success.
Wayde van Niekerk came within a whisker of completing the 200m and 400m double at the World Athletics Championships but it looks like that’s as close as he will ever get. CNN values your feedback 1.
South African Wayde van Niekerk‘s talent turned out to be sprinting -- to become the fastest 400m runner in history at age 24 in 2016 -- but when the opportunity came in 2017 to play tag rugby with ...
Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa celebrates after breaking the men’s 400-meter world record. LaShawn Merritt was certain Wayde van Niekerk couldn’t maintain his blistering pace.
— -- RIO DE JANEIRO -- Despite racing down the stretch of the 400-meter final with a substantial lead Sunday night, South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk still thought someone was going to catch ...
South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk broke a 17-year-old record in the men’s 400-meter dash at the Rio Olympics, stealing the spotlight before a highly anticipated 100m.
Wayde van Niekerk is wheeled off the track on a stretcher after winning 400m gold at the 2015 World Championships (Getty) “For a long while, my mind wasn’t even thinking about the Olympics ...
Van Niekerk finished in 43.03 seconds -- 0.15 seconds faster than Johnson ran on Aug. 26, 1999, at the world championships in Seville, Spain. Johnson's mark was considered one of the almost ...