Wayde van Niekerk, seeking to match Michael Johnson's 1995 achievement of earning world 200m and 400m titles, squeezed through to tomorrow night's 200m final as the slowest qualifier on a rain-swept night when the man previously expected to be his main rival here, Isaac Makwala, also went through after being required to run two races - the first of them a solo time trial after receiving medical clearance to compete.
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