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South Africa's Olympic 400 metres champion Van Niekerk tests positive for COVID-19 in Italy

August 11, 2017 – Wayde Van Niekerk of South Africa (Silver) poses with the medal. REUTERS

South Africa's Olympic 400 metres champion Wayde van Niekerk tested positive for COVID-19 in Italy last week, according to the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper.

Van Niekerk, who romped to Olympic gold four years ago in a world record time of 43.03 seconds, was set to participate in a meet in Trieste - his first competition outside of South Africa since 2017 following a serious knee injury.

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