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Wayde van Niekerk named as finalist for world male athlete of the year award

06 November 2017 - 14:26 By David Isaacson
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South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk celebrates winning the Men's 400m Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 14, 2016. File photo
South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk celebrates winning the Men's 400m Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 14, 2016. File photo
Image: Adrian DENNIS / AFP

Wayde van Niekerk has been named as one of the finalists for the IAAF’s world male athlete of the year award.

He will be up against distance star Mo Farah of Britain and Qatar’s mercurial high-jumper Mutaz Barshim.

There was no room for SA’s long-jumper Luvo Manyonga and Caster Semenya who were in the initial 10 nominees for the men’s and women’s awards which will be announced in Monaco on November 24.

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