South African Van Niekerk blasts to world 400m title
Wayde Van Niekerk (R)
Beijing - Arab Today
South African Wayde van Niekerk scorched to a remarkable victory in the men's 400m at the world championships in Beijing on Wednesday.
Van Niekerk became South Africa's first world sprint champion as he stormed around the one-lap race in 43.48 seconds, becoming the fourth fastest athlete in the event and the quickest non-American.
A loaded field saw defending champion Lawshawn Merritt, who also won the world title in Berlin in 2009, timed a personal best of 43.65sec for silver, while Grenada's Olympic champion Kirani James claimed bronze in a season's best of 43.78sec.
Source: AFP
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