Yet with the crowd urging him on, Makwala stormed home in 20.20sec – well inside the 20.53 needed to qualify. “I’m running with anger and I still want my 400 metres, that’s my race. What’s more, he will be running his sixth race in seven days in Thursday’s final. Mo Farah made it through to Saturday’s 5,000m final with a minimum of fuss after finishing second to Yomif Kejelcha in 13min 30.18sec. I’m going to do it, I’m going to do it.

Source: The Guardian August 09, 2017 20:57 UTC