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THE SOUTH AFRICAN WHO WANTS To Be The Fastest Man In The World

A GOOD SPORTSMAN CAN NEVER BE LOCKED DOWN. Just ask Cape Town-born Wayde van Niekerk, who made history at the 2016 Rio Olympics with a record-breaking performance as a track and field athlete.

In a way, the lockdown in South Africa has been an extension of Van Niekerk’s own time away from the limelight, when he was already living and training indoors, building on his physical and mental strength,

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