The amazing men's 400 meters is about to come to London

The men’s 400 meters in Monaco previews the fine 400 meters that is coming to the London Olympic stadium during the World Championships. Isaac Makwalla battled with Wayde Van Niekerk, who lead both runners under 44 seconds. Now, the 400 meter final in London will probably be much faster in the Olympic stadium, but, really, who knows? We know that we want to see a word record, but, this is an Olympic stadium, with 80,0000 screaming people, and how would you react?

@Regrann from @athleticsafrica – Wow!!! A fantastic win for @waydedreamer van Niekerk (#SouthAfrica) to edge a tight men’s 400m race in a new Meeting Record 43.73 from #Botswana’s @makwalaisake (43.84) with ðŸ‡§ðŸ‡¼rising star @babolokithebe third in 44.26 secs. #athleticsafrica #monacodl #athletics #meetingherculis #waydevanniekerk #isaacmakwala #monaco – #regrann
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Make no mistakes, Wayde Van Niekerk is here to win. He wants to do something spectacular, like win both 200 meters and the 400 meters. Van Niekerk will have several athletes, in both races, who want to end his dream.

Again, we will just have to wait and see if Wayde Van Niekerk, aka @waydedreamer can win the double, and, or break the 400m WR in the process!

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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