Wayde van Niekerk's time of 43.03 seconds broke the Olympic record set by Michael Johnson in Atlanta in 1996 and Johnson’s world mark posted three years later.

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.

If Van Niekerk runs the 400m event at the Olympics, he has to form part of the national 4x400m relay team. It’s a rule put in place by World Athletics. However, if he runs the 200m, he can ...

Like his semi-final, Van Niekerk faded in the last 100m as his push for a medal never materialised. Instead, he finished last in a time of 45.11 seconds as he was unable to add to his two world ...

Wayde van Niekerk will now line up in the final on Thursday at 9.35pm as he looks to claim a third World Athletics Championship title. Picture: MI New /NurPhoto/NurPhoto via AFP) Published Aug 22 ...

South African Wayde van Niekerk ran 43.03 seconds in the 400 meters at the 2016 Olympics, a big improvement over American Michael Johnson’s 43.18 world record set in 1999.

Van Niekerk is one of 10 Team SA members who have already attained their qualifying times for the August 19 to 27 championships in Budapest. Since he split from his long time coach Anna "Tannie Ans" ...

Wayde van Niekerk, the 400m world record holder, is not putting undue pressure on himself to win a medal at the World Champs. Wayde van Niekerk— ‘I know the route and direction to get back to ...

Though he failed to defend his Olympic title in Tokyo, 400 metres world record holder and former World Cup champion Wayde van Niekerk is happy to be competing at the highest level again as he ...

Defending champion and world-record holder Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa crashed out of the men's 400 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after finishing fifth in the semifinal on Monday.

Defending Olympic 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk has been knocked out of the Tokyo Games after finishing fifth in his semifinal. Of Team SA’s 13 medal contenders going into the showpiece, only ...

Van Niekerk is heading overseas to prepare for his toughest goals this year, but he doesn’t need to travel abroad to find a challenge. While it’s unclear which event he’ll contest at next ...