Wayde van Niekerk wins 200m shoot-out in style
Victory fills him with self-belief as he holds off Akani Simbine
30 March 2021 - 18:23
Wayde van Niekerk clenched his fist as he edged Akani Simbine to win the 200m shoot-out of the second Athletix Invitational at a wet Ruimsig on Tuesday. That signalled the confidence boost his victory over Simbine‚ Anaso Jobodwana and Botswana veteran Isaac Makwala had given him.
Van Niekerk’s 20.11sec time was negated by a 2.11m-per-second tailwind that carried a thundershower into Roodepoort‚ otherwise he would have taken second spot on the world list so far for 2021...
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