Wayde van Niekerk gives a shout of triumph after winning Silver in the 200m final after 6 days of gruesome consecutive racing! Amazing achievement from Van Niekerk individually bringing home 2 Medals for South Africa. Video by Run2Win Photo by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
Wayde van Niekerk wins 400m final with ease after the withdrawal of his main rival Isaac Makwala. Van Niekerk’s time of 43.98 was sufficient for victory with Steven Gardiner 2nd in 44.41 and Abdalelah Horoun 3rd in 44.48. Video by SPRINT KING Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
Wayde van Niekerk cruises to the 400m final, watching Baboloki Thebe all the way in the home straight before shutting down in the last 20m to win in 44.22. This will be the final of the championships with the 400m men in great form. Video by Track&Field 1 Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP.
Luvo Manyonga’s Gold Medal Jump 8.48m!! Video by Sports Store
Carina Horn finishes 3rd in heat 4 of the 100m in London in a time of 11.28 behind Dafne Schippers 2nd in a time of 11.08 and Marie-Josee Ta Lou won the heat in 11.00. All 3 advance to the semi-finals on automatic qualification. Video by Track&Field 1 Photo by Gallo Images
Antonio Alkana finishes 3rd in heat 3 of the 110m hurdles in London in a time of 13.43 behind Shane Brathwaite 2nd in a time of 13.39 and Aries Merrit won the heat in 13.16. All 3 advance to the semi-finals on automatic qualification. Video by Track&Field 1
Surprise victory by Justin Gatlin 9.92 in the 100m final beating Usain Bolt 3rd in 9.95 and Christian Coleman 2nd in 9.94. Akani Simbine finishing in 5th in 10.01! Video by Track&Field 1
MANYONGA, SAMAAI AND VISSER IN LONG JUMP QUALIFICATION ACTION South Africa’s best represented event at the World Championships in London has Luvo Manyonga world leader and Ruswahl Samaai world number 2 in great shape and according to form they should have both qualified easily for the final, which they both did. Manyonga jumped 8.12m…
Caster Semenya cruised to a comfortable 2nd place in the 1500m heat 1 to advance to the semi-final with the 2nd fastest qualifying time. Semenya ran a season best time of 4:02.84 behind world record holder Genzebe Dibaba who finished ahead of Semenya in 4:02.67 but they both didn’t want to give too much away making it look…
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