Embassy Activities
South Africa wins First Gold Medal at Rio
A dream came true, on 14 August 2016, for Wayde van Niekerk as he made his Olympic goal true… to win gold in the Men’s 400m in Rio, Brazil. The South African athlete also broke Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old record to record a phenomenal world record of 43.03 sec!
Twenty-four-year-old Van Niekerk ran the race in 0.15s faster than Johnson’s 1999 record from Seville, Spain… securing South Africa’s first gold medal of the Games!