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    Wayde van Niekerk (South African English: /ˈweɪd fʌn niːˈkɛərk/, Afrikaans: [fan niˈkɛrk]; born 15 July 1992) is a South African track and field sprinter...
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  • politician Marlene van Niekerk (born 1954), South African writer Martin van Niekerk (born 1989), Namibian cricketer Wayde van Niekerk (born 1992), South...
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    current men's world record is held by Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa, with a time of 43.03 seconds. Van Niekerk is also the Olympic record holder. Steven...
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    in Rio de Janeiro to see his world record broken by Wayde van Niekerk, saying about van Niekerk's performance, "Oh my God! From lane eight, a world record...
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    athletes from 35 nations competed. The event was won by 0.73 seconds by Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa, who broke the world record in the 400m and won the...
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  • issue #30". Purple Diary. Olivier Zahm. Cara Barrett, Watch Spotting: Wayde van Niekerk Wins The Men's 400m (And Sets A New World Record) With A Richard Mille...
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    Currently, the world's best for this event is 30.81 seconds, set by Wayde van Niekerk in Ostrava, Czech Republic in 2017. The women's record is 35.30 seconds...
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  • heroic return from what should have been a career ending injury, Wayde van Niekerk to have to wait in the holding room to await his fate. In the second...
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  • Mills (born 1987), footballer Wayde Preston (1929–1992), actor Wayde Skipper (born 1983), footballer Wayde van Niekerk (born 1992), track and field athlete...
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    medals in the 400 metres. Wayde van Niekerk's world record in Rio put this event in the spotlight. This year, van Niekerk was back to defend, but he...
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    of the 400 m event with a personal best of 43.45 seconds, behind Wayde van Niekerk (43.03 WR, 2016), Michael Johnson (43.18 WR, 1999) and Butch Reynolds...
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  • third fastest of all-time in the 400 m after Michael Johnson and Wayde van Niekerk, the current world record holder. In 2016, he was elected into the...
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    Caryl Smith Gilbert. Michael Norman is one of only 3 men along with Wayde Van Niekerk and Fred Kerley to go sub 10 seconds in 100m, sub 20 seconds in 200m...
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    world record holder Wayde van Niekerk. After what should have been a career ending knee injury, it was remarkable for van Niekerk to get this far, each...
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    including two golds won respectively by runners Caster Semenya and Wayde van Niekerk, who broke the 16-year-old world record in the men's 400 metres. South...
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  • decorated athlete in the 100 metres at the Olympics. South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk provided the second world record performance of the athletics programme...
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    set in 2016, and the record for the women's race was set in 1996. Wayde van Niekerk holds the men's record of 43.03 seconds, breaking world and Olympic...
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    on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2008. "Rio Olympics 2016: Wayde van Niekerk breaks world record to win Olympic gold". BBC Sport. 14 August 2016...
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    Scored Kolbe is a cousin of South African track and field sprinter Wayde van Niekerk, who won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2016 Olympics and...
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    won the silver medal in the 400 metres in a time of 43.76, behind Wayde van Niekerk's world record 43.03. The following year, James raced sparingly and...
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  • Swarts (née Krause) and Steven Swarts, in Bloemfontein. Her brother, Wayde van Niekerk also is a South African track and field sprinter who competes in the...
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    Olympian Geraldine Pillay, 2004 Olympian, Commonwealth medallist Wayde van Niekerk, track-and-field sprinter, Olympic and World Champion, and World Record...
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  • Seville, Spain August 26, 1999 16 years, 11 months and 19 days 43.03 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 14, 2016 7 years, 8 months...
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    Bromell. Kerley is one of only 3 men along with Michael Norman and Wayde van Niekerk to go sub-10 seconds in 100 m, sub-20 seconds in 200 m and sub-44...
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  • in Boston". IAAF. Retrieved 5 June 2017. Bob Ramsak (28 June 2017). "Van Niekerk breaks 300m world best in Ostrava". IAAF. Retrieved 29 June 2017. "Men's...
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    football team ( ISL) – football Leicester City F.C. ( GBR) – football Wayde van Niekerk ( RSA) – athletics 2018 Sergio García  ESP Golf Giannis Antetokounmpo...
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    Girma (ETH) 7:52.11 WR 5 Oslo -  Erriyon Knighton (USA) 19.78 MR, SB  Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 44.38 -  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 3:27.95 AR, MR, WL, PB  Yomif...
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  • (1985–): Cricketer and member of the South African national cricket team Wayde van Niekerk (1992–): 400m world and Olympic record holder Antjie Krog (1952–):...
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  • fastest, with Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) equal to him by about 200 metres, and going on to build a lead through the final turn. Van Niekerk had time...
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    ahead, along with Wayde van Niekerk and Isaac Makwala, Africans with none of those credentials. Through the final turn, van Niekerk took sole possession...
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