These feats of athletic brilliance redefine what we believed possible. On August 14, 2016, in the Olympic Stadium at the Rio de Janeiro games, one such moment unfurled as South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk dashed across the 400m line, eclipsing Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old world record and his 20-year-old Olympic record.
The air was thick with astonishment, not merely because the records had been broken, but because Johnson's world record mark was seen as almost invincible in track circles. Yet, Van Niekerk's exceptional timing of 43.03 seconds shattered that illusion...
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