Van Niekerk to race 400m in Lausanne Diamond League
Wayde Van Niekerk who sensationally broke the world 400m record with 43.03 seconds to win Olympic gold in Rio will compete at the Lausanne Diamond League on Thursday, June 6.
Last Wednesday at the Ostrava Golden Spike Meet, the 24-year-old Van Niekerk sprinted to a new World 300m record in 30.81 seconds bettering Michael Johnson's old world record by 0.04 seconds.
The South African earlier this year established a new world leading mark of 19.84sec in the 200m and clocked a new personal record of 9.94sec in the 100m which is #6 in 2017 rankings.
The 24-year-old South African is also the first athlete in history to break 10sec for the 100m, 20sec for the 200m and 44sec for the 400m
Van Niekerk is in much better shape than a year ago and many beleive that soon he will become the first man in history to go sub 43 in the 400m.
Men's 400m Start lists Lausanne Diamond League | Full Start Lists Here
PB SB
CEDENIO, Machel TTO 44.90 44.01
CHERRY, Michael USA 44.67 44.67
MCQUAY, Tony USA 44.51 44.24
NORWOOD, Vernon USA 44.82 44.44
THEBE, Baboloki BOT 44.89 44.22
VAN NIEKERK, Wayde RSA 46.28 43.03
Schedule: Lausanne Diamond League Time CET
19:40 Javelin Women Entries
19:43 1500m Wheelchair Men SUVA
19:45 Shot Put Men Entries
19:50 Long Jump Women Entries
19:53 1500m U20 Women
20:03 400m Hurdles Women Entries
20:13 1500m Hommes Men Entries
20:23 100m Hurdles Women Entries
20:25 Pole Vault Men Entries
20:33 Mile Women Entries
20:44 200m Women Entries
20:45 High Jump Women Entries
20:54 400m Hurdles Men Entries
20:55 Triple Jump Men Entries
21:04 5000m Men Entries
21:20 100m Men Entries
21:30 800m Women Entries
21:40 400m Men Entries
21:50 4x100m UBS Trophy Women Entries
