South African sprinter Wayde van Niekerk
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South Africa achieved an Olympic qualification in the men’s 4x400m at the World Athletics Relays in Nassau in the Bahamas.
The men’s 4x400m saw Botswana, with in-form sprinter Letsile Tebogo racing, and South Africa, with world 400m record holder Wayde van Niekerk on the third leg, both qualify for the Olympics.
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