Wayde Van Niekerk and coach, Ans Botha, photo by PhotoRun.net
CAPE TOWN (RSA): Sport24.co.za informs that Wayde Van Niekerk´s coach Ans Botha will be awarded Coach of the Year by the IAAF later this month. Van Niekerk himself is also is in line for the IAAF World Athlete of the Year. He is currently undergoing rehabilitation after a surgery for an injured knee and will be out for a period of up to six month, ruling him out of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Interestingly this week US sprinter, Curtis Mitchell, is in Bloemfontein and started to work with Ans Botha.