Slovenia — Wayde van Niekerk renamed this East European nation Fastenia on Tuesday night as he shattered his 100m personal best while racing to victory in 9.94sec, proving again that he has the speed for the 200m. The Olympic 400m champion shattered the 9.99 meet record set by friend Akani Simbine two years ago to improve on his own 9.98 best as he beat compatriots Emile Erasmus (10.12) and Henricho Bruintjies (10.14) into second and third place. This comes as yet another boost for Van Niekerk‚ the 400m world record-holder, who will add the 200m to his repertoire at the world championships in London in August. He recently broke the SA 200m mark when he clocked a 19.84 world lead earlier this month‚ and now he has established himself as the second-fastest South African 100m sprinter of all time, behind Simbine‚ who owns the 9.89 mark.Van Niekerk will compete in his first international 400m race in Lausanne next month.At the same meet at Velenje‚ Rikenette Steenkamp dominated the wome...
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