Wayde van Niekerk won his first world championship title in the 400 meters on Wednesday, holding off defending champion LaShawn Merritt and Olympic gold medalist Kirani James in Beijing, China.
The 23-year-old South African went out hard and held on to win in 43.48 seconds.
Merritt took silver in a personal best 43.65 and James finished third in a season-best 43.78.
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