Sports World News of Monday, 15 August 2016Source: BBCWayde van Niekerk wins 400m with world recordWayde van NiekerkSouth Africa's Wayde van Niekerk broke Michael Johnson's 17-year-old 400m world record to sensationally win Olympic gold at Rio 2016. "Van Niekerk is so young, what else can he do? Van Niekerk, who won South Africa's first gold medal of the Games, said: "I have dreamed of this since I was a kid. Not only was it his first Olympic medal, he also became the first man to win an Olympic 400m title from lane eight. Van Niekerk was still trackside doing interviews when Usain Bolt won 100m gold for the third straight Games half an hour later.

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