By AFPMore by this AuthorJOHANNESBURGSouth African Wayde van Niekerk, the world 400m record holder and Olympic champion, is seeking a World Championships scheduling change so he can race Usain Bolt in London, his manager said on Friday. "We will have also to see if the schedule of the World Championships allow it," he added. Bolt had tipped Van Niekerk to break Michael Johnson's 400m record which had stood unbroken for 17 years. Obviously it did help me believe in myself... Yeah, I'm grateful for the belief that he had in me," Van Niekerk told AFP previously. Following his Olympics triumph, Van Niekerk said that his blistering 400m world record had given clean athletes a boost.

Source: Daily Nation January 27, 2017 09:45 UTC