Ostrava — Record-setting Wayde van Niekerk could be the athlete to take over track and field from Usain Bolt, according to the Jamaican sprint star himself. Bolt is in his final season of a glittering career that has seen him win eight Olympic and 11 world gold medals with a charisma and charm that have made him one of the most recognisable faces in world sport. The massive void his absence will leave looks most likely to be filled by South African Van Niekerk, whose personality remains considerably less than Bolt’s larger-than-life version. The 24-year-old smashed Michael Johnson’s world record for the rarely run 300m at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava on Wednesday, clocking 30.81 sec. It was the second time Van Niekerk has bettered Johnson, having set a new world record of 43.03 when winning Olympic 400m gold in Rio in 2016. Asked whether the South African, also the current world 400m champion but an athlete who has clocked 19.84 in the 200m and 9.94 in the 100m, is his likely su...
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