Van Niekerk seeking Bolt showdown
South African Wayde van Niekerk, the world 400m record holder and Olympic champion, is seeking a World Championships scheduling change so he can race Usain Bolt in London, his manager said on Friday.
"We will try to make it happen. That's the plan. The main goal is to win the 400m title but he would also like to run the 200m. We'll see how he goes through the season and if he's ready for it," Peet van Zyl, Van Niekerk's manager, told AFP by phone.
The World Cham-pionships will take place in London in August.
"We will have also to see if the schedule of the World Championships allow it," he added.
Currently the 400m final will start just hours after the 200m heats, with both races scheduled for late evening on August 8.
"I'm definitely doing the 200m and 400m, I've set it in my heart already and I've decided that I'm doing the 'two' and 'four'," Van Niekerk told South Africa's EyeWitness News website at an event in Stellenbosch.
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