World record holder Wayde van Niekerk has shown that he will not defend his title because he’s yet to recover from a knee injury.
The Olympic winner hasn’t raced since and suffered the injury when playing with a charity touch match in October 2017.
Even the 27-year-old South African returned to coaching after enduring a number of setbacks, but says he’s in no hurry to return to competition because he looks forward to the Olympics in Tokyo at 2020.
“I am still convinced and I’m just taking things day by day, respecting all the calls produced by the physicians and respecting my body,” Van Niekerk said in an declaration.
“For me it’s just about listening to my body and taking it from there. My purpose is to look after my body and when the chance comes, I’ll take it.
“For now I am not rushing myself or putting stress on myself. I am really happy and in peace with where I am.”
His physician Louis Holtzhausen, who has been top the recovery over the past two years of Van Niekerk, believes it’s going to proceed more rapidly in the forthcoming months.
“The health care teams, both at Bloemfontein and Aspetar (Qatar), did all we could to have him prepared for the World Championships, but it was simply impossible,” Holtzhausen explained.
“But he has successfully returned to track training and all indications are that he’ll recover more rapidly from now on.”
Van Niekerk skipped a reunite that was planned at July at the London Diamond League after suffering a bruise and had expected to operate at the African championships in April but pulled .
Van Niekerk beat Michael Johnson’s 17-year world record at the 2016 Olympics in the 400m and has been set to accept the 200m also prior to his injury.
He also won gold at the World Championships.

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