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SPORTS Friday 7 July 2017

HAPP

HAZARD

Wayde van Niekerk, right,
from South Africa and United
States’ Michael Cherry com-
pete in the men’s 400m race
at the Athletissima IAAF Dia-
mond League international
athletics meeting in the Stade
Olympique de la Pontaise in
Lausanne, Switzerland, Thurs-
day, July 6, 2017.
Associated Press

Wayde van

Niekerk sets
world-leading

400-meter

time of 43.62

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
AP Sports Writer
LAUSANNE, Switzerland
(AP) — Olympic 400-me-
ter champion Wayde van
Niekerk ran a world-lead-
ing time of 43.62 seconds
on Thursday in his first ma-
jor race at his favored dis-
tance since the Rio de Ja-
neiro Games.
Van Niekerk chose the
Athletissima meeting in the
Diamond League series
for his first 400 race outside
his native South Africa this
year, and his first anywhere
since April.
On a warm, still evening in Cubs rally for 7-3 win over Rays
Lausanne, the 24-year-old
Van Niekerk added the
400 to the world-leading Chicago Cubs Jon Jay, right, celebrates with Ian Happ (8)
times he also holds in the and Javier Baez, center, after he hit a three run home run
200 and 300. during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa
Bay Rays on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in Chicago.
Associated Press
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