Wayde van Niekerk

Wayde van Niekerk is a South African sprinter who won the 400 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics in a world-record 43.03 seconds.

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Men's 400 metres world record: The fastest officially recognized performances in the men's 400 metres, ratified by World Athletics. Van Niekerk's 43.03-second run in Rio set the event's world record.
400 metres: A one-lap track race run around a standard outdoor athletics track. It is the event Van Niekerk won in Rio and still holds the world record for.
Ans Botha: A South African athletics coach known for coaching Wayde van Niekerk. Botha coached Van Niekerk through his Olympic title and world-record season.
43-second barrier in the 400 metres: The challenge of running the men's 400 metres in less than 43 seconds. Van Niekerk's 43.03 brought the event closer to this performance threshold.
Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics: The track-and-field competitions held at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Van Niekerk won the 400 metres there and set his world record.
Race tactics in the 400 metres: Strategies for distributing effort, positioning, and speed across a one-lap sprint. Van Niekerk's record run combined a fast opening section with a strong finish.
South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics: The delegation representing South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Van Niekerk's gold medal was one of South Africa's defining results at the Games.
Olympic records in athletics: The fastest performances recorded in athletics events at the Olympic Games. Van Niekerk's Rio run set both the Olympic and world records for the 400 metres.
Men's 400 metres at the 2016 Summer Olympics: The men's 400-metre race contested at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Its final was the race in which Van Niekerk became Olympic champion.
Staggered start: A starting arrangement in which runners begin at different positions to compensate for curved lanes. Starting in lane eight, Van Niekerk could not track rivals directly on the bends.