— -- RIO DE JANEIRO -- Bursting out of the blocks in Lane 8, Wayde van Niekerk didn't see another runner during the entire Olympic 400-meter final. He didn't need to. It was just him against the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa won the men's 400-meter final in world-record time Sunday night, smashing Michael Johnson's 17-year-old record from the outside lane to finish in 43 ...

The 33-year-old, who famously won Olympic gold at Rio 2016, has now shifted his focus to the 200m. He will line up in the event at the ongoing World Senior Athletics Championships in Tokyo on ...

Wayde van Niekerks hopes of a golden double remain on course as the newly-crowned world 400m champion scraped into the final of the 200m on Wednesday. South Africa's Wayde Van Niekerk reacts after ...

Wayde van Niekerk is backing himself to live up to the hype in Rio as he eyes 400 metres gold in his first Olympics this weekend. ___5374987___https:_____static.pulse ...