Wayde van Niekerk‘s bid for a sprint double at the world championships was denied by the man who finished last in the Rio Olympic 200m final.
Van Niekerk was overtaken by Turkey’s Ramil Guliyev in the 200m final in London on Thursday night. Guliyev edged Van Niekerk by .02 in 20.09 seconds, becoming the first European man to win an Olympic or world flat sprint title since controversial Greek Konstantinos Kenteris in 2001.
Van Niekerk was trying to join Michael Johnson as the only men to win the 200m and 400m at a single worlds.