Athletics South Africa (ASA) has defended its decision to select Wayde van Niekerk ahead of Luxolo Adams for the 200 metre sprint at the Paris Olympics next month, after Adams revealed at the weekend he was taking the fight to court.
While Adams was initially announced as one of three 200m runners in the SA team, it was confirmed last week that 400m world record holder Van Niekerk had been dropped from the one-lap event and had replaced Adams in the 200m sprint, in order for Van Niekerk to be available for the 4x100m and 4x400m relays.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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