FOR a country that is best known for its obsession with ultra-distance running, South Africa also has a fine history in sprints.
Wayde van Niekerk is far from the first successful sprinter from his country
MARK SHEARMAN
Wayde van Niekerk smashed the world 400m record in Rio, but the nation produced an Olympic 100m champion in 1908 when Reggie Walker took gold in London.