Wayde Van Niekerk Wins 200m and 100m in Bloemfontein

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Olympic Champion and World record holder over 400m Wayde Van Niekerk of South Africa clocked 20.31 in the 200m and 10.10 in the 100m on Saturday (22) in Bloemfontein .

Van Niekrk returned to comeptition on Monday after recovering from a serious knee injury he sustained playing a charity tag rugby match in South Africa in late 2017. He won the 100m race on a grass track in a hand-timed 10.20 seconds.

Lass than a week later the 27-year-old Van Niekerk retured to racing in Bloemfontein, SA and cruised to a 200m victory in 20.31. Less than one hour later he posted 10.10 to win the 100m.

Watch the 200m race.

In his second race of the day Van Niekerk clokced 10.10 to win the 100m.

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