His winning time is 0.04s faster than his previous best. He also achieved the feat at sea level, so he can now claim to be an “honest member” of the sub 10-second club in the 100 metres. He ran his previous best of 9.98s in Bloemfontein.
“I am very pleased,” said Van Niekerk in an IAAF interview. “It is my best time and I am glad the race played out the way I wanted it to. This bodes well for my two main distances, the 200m and 400m.”
Ten days ago in Kingston Van Niekerk set a new South African record in the 200m when he clocked 19.84s. Van Niekerk is currently the fastest athlete over 200m and sixth fastest athlete over the 100m.
