History made at Beijing 400m as Van Niekirk becomes 4th-fastest man ever

An astonishing tearing up of the track by Wayde van Niekirk made massive history in the men’s 400 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

Van Niekirk’s triumph in a blistering 43.48 seconds was the sixth-fastest time ever run, making him the fourth fastest man in history after Michael Johnson, Harry Reynolds and Jeremy Warriner, and in the process the fastest non-American ever.