The UNBREAKABLE 400 Meter WORLD RECORD!! | The Untold Story Of Wayde Van Niekerk's UNTOUCHABLE Race!

43.03 was already amazing, but there's so much more to this timeless performance...
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If you haven't run the 400m in a competition, even a minor one, you can't really understand how incredible is this world record.

[Kobra]

As someone with a PB of 52.8, just thinking of going 10 seconds faster is absolutely insane. Literally 80-90 meters ahead of me. So crazy

[slickw]

I remember Usain Bolt’s jaw drop 😮 reaction to this race while he was waiting in the warm up area for his 100m lol. Wayde is an absolute beast!

[MedlifeCrisis]

How you gonna do this whole video and not mention that he did it from the outside lane?!! Never seen anything like it.

[stucumins]

This was the most impressive event at the 2016 Olympics. I remember saying wow, wow, wow through his WR unforgettable performance.

[Heat_ts]

Honestly the difference between their race was Michael Johnson set himself into position because he had a slower field to create a good plan for himself of where to strike. In Wayde’s race, it was much harder mentally for him which created a more positive outcome as well. Running Lane 8 Blindly against a more challenging field that included LaShawn Merritt & Kirani James who had every capability to run people down definitely pushed WVN even more. Basically, HE WAS RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE from START to FINISH

[MYTHkaz]

This race was honestly jaw-dropping, i remember watching it and i counted him out from the heats, worse when he got the #8 lane and the guy just got up and ran; no checking back, no overthinking, he just ran to the finish line. Absolutely amazing.

[Davidkxf]

And his cousin is one of the worlds best rugby players

[_Solly]

Wayde is my biggest inspiration when it comes to track and field and something tells me he's not gonna rest till he breaks that world record🔥

[TaylorRos]

That first 200 really set him up and his strength carried him through!

[karenlerato]

And there we are smiling to the brim. So proud of our South African talent.🏁 We love you Wade. Can't wait for your 2021 performance! 💃👏

[BladeRunner-tdbe]

Beast! Lightning struck for this race. Niekerk's performance was other-worldy. Watching the faces of the other runners coming down the home stretch is priceless. Cheers

[tsakuyo]

One of my favourite races! I'm curious to see how well he can recover from his injury. I would love to see him break 43 after everything he's been through 😲!!

[orangewaffle]

Sorry if this seems a bit nitpicky, but you can NOT tell me this mans just said at 1:20 that an opening 100m of 10.70 is "slightly quicker" than MJ's 11.10 100m. That is such an enormous margin within 100m- consider how Wayde Van Niekerk breaking Michael Johnson's WR by .15 was considered extraordinary. Still loved that you covered this iconic race though- it's interesting seeing how WVN and MJ's pacing strategies differed so much.

[xElNinoo]

This was incredible. Wayde seems to be a very underrated athlete, despite his special achievements . This WR will hopefully stand for many years.

[anotherstormer]

An incredible athlete. The man broke my Western Province boys u/19 400m hurdles record which stood for ~10 years. And he doesn't even really 'do' hurdles...

[TheChessRunner]

I normally see these videos during lunch, but couldn't wait for this. The most shocking race I ever witnessed!

[ThiagoRuback]

Amazing video! I had the pleasure of being live it the stadium! It was an incredible moment!

[tomriddle]

How does johnson run so fast while looking like it's a 4 year old running

[SassePhoto]

The 400m is the toughest race- flat out sprint. Insane! My deepest respect