Wayde van Niekerk misses 400m medal
Wayde van Niekerk missed out on winning South Africa’s first medal of the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Thursday night.
Wayde van Niekerk missed out on winning South Africa’s first medal of the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Thursday night.
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Running out of Lane 2 in the final of the men’s 400m, Van Niekerk finished in last place.
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Van Niekerk stopped the clock in a time of 45.11.
Jamaica’s Antonio Watson took the gold medal in 44.22 ahead of Great Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith (44.31) and the United States’ Quincy Hall (44.37).
Wayde van Niekerk remains the world record holder in the 400m having posted 43.03 in memorably winning the gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016.
Seven years later that time still stands as the quickest ever 1-lap time recorded.