In his first major 400m since Rio, Wayde Van Niekerk showed promise that he could challenge his world record at the world championships next month.
The South African won in 43.62 seconds in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday, easing up in the final few strides in the fastest time in the world since his 43.03 world record at the Olympics.
Full Lausanne results are here.
It’s Van Niekerk’s third-fastest time ever — trailing only Rio and his 2015 World title. Nobody else has run that fast since 2007. Only Michael Johnson‘s 43.