I followed NBC’s pre-race blurb
about South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk with interest. Wayne is a student in Bloemfontein, the city where I was born, and is coached by 74-year old Ans Botha.
His winning time in the 400m Men’s Final was a sensational new world record of 43.01, bettering Micheal Johnson’s record of 17 years ago in 1999.
