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FILE: Wayde van Niekerk. Picture: @WaydeDreamer/Twitter

Athletics

Injury forces Wayde van Niekerk out of SA Champs

By Eyewitness News

Van Niekerk was planning on competing in the 100m and 200m events in the colours of Boland.

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