Wednesday, 26 August 2015

South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk wins first world championship title in 400m


Wayde van Niekerk won his first world championship title in the 400 meters on Wednesday, holding off defending champion LaShawn Merritt and Olympic gold medalist Kirani James. Wayde van Niekerk became the fourth fastest man in history over 400m as he won his first world championship title, holding off the defending champion LaShawn Merritt and the Olympic gold medalist Kirani James in Beijing.
The 23-year-old South African went out hard and held on to win in 43.48 seconds. Merritt took silver in a personal best 43.65 and James finished third in a season-best 43.78.

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