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The great grandmother coaching van Niekerk to victory
Wayde van Niekerk broke Michael Johnson's longstanding world record when he took gold in the 400m final in Rio on Sunday.
Anna Botha is the 74-year-old coach who has been working with him for more than two years. The Namibian-born, great grandmother also coached former world 100m champion Frank Fredericks of Namibia. The 麻豆社's Mo Allie asked Tannie Botha if she knew Wayde would be a world record breaker from the start?
(Photo: Left, Tannie Anna Botha and Right, Wayde van Niekerk running for gold. Credit: AP/Martin Meissner)
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