Wayde van niekerk
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While day five of action at Hayward Field featured only two finals, South African heavyweights Caster Semenya and Wayde van Niekerk were trackside along with...
Van Niekerk was planning on competing in the 100m and 200m events in the colours of Boland.
Despite the low medal total, it was a week that many South Africans will never forget as a few shining lights put their names on the world map.
Wayde van Niekerk finished 3rd in his heat in 45.25 and qualified 12th for the semi-finals.
The 28-year-old finished in a time of 44.56sec, inside the required standard of 44.90sec.
Sascoc announced representatives across seven sporting codes namely athletics, climbing, cycling, gymnastics, hockey (men and women), sailing and surfing.
Competing at a European Tour Bronze meeting, Van Niekerk won his first international race since earning his second 400m world title in August 2017.
Van Niekerk, also a two-time world champion, damaged knee ligaments in October 2017 while playing in a celebrity touch rugby match that preceded a South Africa-New Zealand rugby Test in Cape Town.
Reflecting on that magical day of his 2016 Olympic final, the champion and world record holder tells EWN what it took to reach that goal.
SportsTalk's Buhle Madulini chats to Wayde van Niekerk about the Vitality Running World Cup and what made him the athlete he is today.
The 27-year-old South African clocked 47.42 seconds when finishing first in a Free State provincial championships 400m race in Bloemfontein this weekend.
The 27-year-old South African finished first in a 100m race on grass in a hand-timed 10.20 seconds at an unofficial university meet.
The Olympic champion suffered the injury while playing a charity touch rugby game in October 2017 and has not raced internationally since.
The Olympic gold medalist suffered a freak knee injury during a celebrity touch rugby match in 2017.
South Africans in each of the categories include the likes of recent BET Award winner, Sho Madjozi, Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk, Boity Thulo, Trevor Stuurman, Thando Thabethe, Springbok, Siya Kolisi and more.
The double 800 metres Olympic gold medallist is waiting for the outcome of her appeal to the CAS to halt the introduction of new regulations by IAAF.
The world champion 400m runner was due to make his return in the 400m heats on Thursday afternoon.
Olympic 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk describes his recovery process after a knee injury which left him unable to compete in 2018.
Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk describes fellow Olympian Caster Semenya as a 'super strong' representative for female athletes and say that her fight with the IAAF will only make her stronger.