Wayde van Niekerk couldn't roll back the record-breaking or medal-winning years in Budapest on Thursday night, the world record holder fading to a last-place finish in the 400m final at the World Champs.
Wayde van Niekerk finished stone last in the 400m World Championships final to defer his dream of redemption at major championship level.
Wayde van Niekerk failed to roll back the years in the 400m final of the World Championships in Budapest on Thursday night, fading to stone last in the race with a time of 45.11sec. There were numerous storylines in Thursday night's final, not least Van Niekerk's horrendous tale of bad luck since suffering his catastrophic knee injury six years ago. But Jamaica's Antonio Watson - coached by Usain Bolt's old coach, Glen Mills, and the fastest in the field with the 44.13sec lifetime best he posted in the semis - was looking to add the real thing to his World Youth and Under-18 titles at the ripe old age of 21.
"So, over the next couple of days I need to get my head right and prove to myself that this is what I want, and then we put our best foot forward in the final.”
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