Van Niekerk defends men s 400m world title
Wednesday - August 9, 2017 2:42 pm ,
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Van Niekerk defends men s 400m world title
London Aug 9 (IANS) South Africa s Wayde Van Niekerk unsurprisingly defended his 400 metres title at the IAAF World Championships here.
The current world record holder and Olympic gold medallist finished the race with a comfortable 43.98 seconds on Tuesday night reports Xinhua news agency.
Steven Gardiner of Bahamas finished runner-up at 44.41s while Abdalelah Haroun of Qatar ranked third with seven hundredths of a second adrift.
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