Bursting out of the blocks in lane eight, Wayde Van Niekerk didn't see another runner during the entire Olympic 400‑metre final.
He didn't need to.
It was just him against the clock.
The South African sprinter broke Michael Johnson's 17‑year‑old world record today, leaving two of the greatest one‑lap runners of this era in his dust.
Van Niekerk finished in 43.03 seconds ‑ 0.15 seconds faster than Johnson ran in 1999.
Meanwhile, Van Niekerk’s trainer is a 74-year-old great-grandmother Ans Botha who has been coaching him for the past three years.
Source: stuff.co
