Wayde van Niekerk missed out on being named the IAAF world athlete of the year, but the South African superstar was still celebrating success after his coach, ‘Tannie Ans’ Botha, was handed a Lifetime Coaching Achievement award.
Olympic 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk’s dream of a double 200/400m triumph came within 0.02sec of being realised at the IAAF World Championships in London on Thursday night, writes MARK ETHERIDGE.
Less than 24 hours after winning his second IAAF World Championships 400m title, South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk gave himself a shot at the 200/400m double in London on Wednesday, writes MARK ETHERIDGE
South Africa’s Olympic champion, Wayde van Niekerk, added World Championships 400m gold to his trophy collection with a consummate victory in London on Tuesday night, writes MARK ETHERIDGE.
South Africa’s Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk boxed clever once again on Sunday as he booked his place in the World Championships 400-metre final in London, writes MARK ETHERIDGE.
There’ll be a changing of the guard in more ways than one in London this August, writes MARK ETHERIDGE in SportsClub magazine.
Is there anything that Wayde van Niekerk can’t do? Apparently not, as he led a South African clean sweep of the men’s 100-metre medals at the EA Classic meeting in Velenje, Slovenia, on Tuesday night, writes MARK ETHERIDGE.
Usain Bolt believes Wayde van Niekerk should have won the Laureus Breakthrough of the Year award instead of Nico Rosberg.
