The 400m world record holder Wayde van Niekerk will return to the track at the István Gyulai Memorial – Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix as part of his preparations for the World Championships in Tokyo this September.
The South African superstar will compete in the 400m after finishing third in his last race on 23 July — the 100m at the International Pegaso Meeting in Florence, which was won by compatriot Tsebo Matsoso.
Prior to that, van Niekerk placed third again over 400m at Meeting Madrid on Saturday (19 July), behind Elián Larregina. The race in Budapest on 12 August will be his second one-lap event of the year.
The 33-year-old sprinter is cautiously building up to the World Championships following the Paris 2024 Olympics, where he crashed out in the semi-finals.
“It’s no secret to anyone I put a lot of pressure on myself, so I’ve taken a day-by-day approach, and I’m just looking at every individual day as its own,” he told Olympics.com.
“So far I’ve been finishing every race. Step by step. Trying to improve and not get too far ahead of myself.”
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