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Paris 2024 athletics: Wayde van Niekerk's individual medal hopes end as he crashes out of 200m semis
Wayde van Niekerk faded into last place in the third men’s 200m semi-final as his bid for an individual medal at Paris 2024 ended with a whimper on Wednesday (7 August). The result meant South ...
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Lyles into 200m final at Olympics but others are quicker
Lyles clocked 20.08 seconds as he was beaten by Botswana's Letsile Tobogo who had 19.96 seconds. Lyles' time was the third best overall as team-mate Kenneth Bednarek had 20.00. Tokyo 2020 champion ...
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Jul 11, 2024 · Wayde van Niekerk will not compete in the men's 400m at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.. The South African won the gold medal at Rio 2016 in the event and holds the world record after breaking Michael Johnson's time in winning the final in Brazil. Van Niekerk has only raced once in the 400m this season, a third-place finish at the New York City Grand Prix on 9 June, following a career ...
Wayde van Niekerk (South African English: / ˈ w eɪ d f ʌ n n iː ˈ k ɛər k /, Afrikaans: [fan niˈkɛrk]; born 15 July 1992) is a South African track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. In the 400 metres, he is the current world and Olympic record holder, having set the record when he won the event at the 2016 Olympics.
Aug 5, 2024 · South Africa’s 400m world record-holder Wayde van Niekerk is into the men’s 200m semi-finals at Paris 2024 on Monday (5 August). The 32-year-old Van Niekerk took a step closer to reaching his first Olympic final since his record-breaking run in Rio 2016 to win the 400m gold medal. He failed to make it into the 400m final three years ago in ...
Aug 19, 2023 · Wayde van Niekerk: Back to winning ways. Van Niekerk reserved the best for the end of 2022 when he clocked his fastest time since 2017, beating Grenada's Kirani James at the Gala dei Castelli in Switzerland with a time of 44.33s.. The time and the win over the former world and Olympic champion gave Van Niekerk a boost ahead of the 2023 season, which he hoped would provide a solid base for the ...
Aug 6, 2024 · Wayde van Niekerk is the World and Olympic Record holder in the men's 400m event The talented sprinter managed to qualify for the semifinals after finishing third in his heat in 20.42s and will have to produce a much better performance of a sub-20s clocking for any hopes of a spot in the final. Speaking with reporters after his race, the South ...
Wayde. VAN NIEKERK. 200m. Country South Africa. Born 15 JUL 1992 (32yrs) World Ranking. #271Men overall ranking. 1 X. Olympic champion.
Aug 15, 2016 · South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk broke Michael Johnson's 17-year-old 400m world record to sensationally win Olympic gold at Rio 2016. The 24-year-old finished in 43.03 seconds, 0.15 quicker than ...
Aug 21, 2016 · 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe South African Wayde van Niekerk smashes the men's 400m event at Rio 2016 to set a new world record of 43....
Jul 14, 2024 · Sprinter Wayde van Niekerk was trained by his grandmother. Before the 2016 Rio Olympics, South Africa did not have anything to be proud of in the 400m events except for two medals.
Mar 12, 2016 · South African sprinter Wayde van Niekerk (© Getty Images) World 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk has become the first man in history to run faster than 10 seconds for 100m, 20 seconds for 200m and 44 seconds for 400m after smashing his PB in the shorter sprint at the Free State Championships in Bloemfontein on Saturday (12). The 23-year-old ...
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