Van Nierken Beats James in Paris
Posted by: Watch Athletics
Sunday, 05 July 2015
South Africa's Wayde Van Niekerk set a new African record of 43.96 seconds when he beat Olympic champion Kirani James in the 400m at the Meeting Areva, the IAAF Diamond league meet, on Saturday night.
Results men 400m
| Pl. | Athlète | Nat. | Naiss. | Résultat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wayde VAN NIEKERK | RSA | 92 | 43.96 |
| 2. | Kirani JAMES | GRN | 92 | 44.17 |
| 3. | David VERBURG | USA | 91 | 44.81 |
| 4. | Rusheen MCDONALD | JAM | 92 | 44.84 |
| 5. | Jonathan BORLÉE | BEL | 88 | 44.93 |
| 6. | Michael BERRY | USA | 91 | 45.49 |
| 7. | Pavel MASLÁK | CZE | 91 | 45.51 |
| 8. | Edino STEELE | JAM | 87 | 46.22 |
