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Wayde into 400m final at World Champs─── MORGAN PIEK 07:26 Thu, 21 Jul 2022
The world record holder, Wayde van Niekerk, has qualified for the final of the 400m for men at the World Athletics Championship being staged in Eugene, Oregon.
Van Niekerk came second in the third semi-final this morning in a time of 44.75, which was just 0.04 seconds off the winning time of Champion Allison of the USA.
Michael Norman of the USA clocked the fast time in the semi-finals with a time of 44.30 seconds, while in the second semi, Kirani James of Grenada won in a time of 44.74 seconds.
Van Niekerk was the 5th fastest qualifier for the final and will run in lane 7.
The 400m final for men will be run at 4:35 on Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, in the women's 5000m, the two-time Olympic 800m champion, Caster Semenya, fell way short of qualifying.
Semenya ran a time of 15:46.12 in the heats, which was the 28th fastest time. Only the top 15 times qualified for the final.
Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey clocked the fastest time in 14:52.27.
