Report: men`s 200m heats - IAAF World Championships London 2017
(IAAF News)

Wayde Van Niekerk´s prospects of securing a 200/400m double here are looking even better after the 200m first round heats - while the world and Olympic 400m champion won easily, his big rival Isaac Makwala of Botswana, who also qualified for tomorrow night´s 400m final, abandoned his own original ambition of seeking a 200/400, scratching from his heat (see official statement below).