ATHLETICS NEWS - World athletics star Wayde van Niekerk has returned to South Africa after a successful one-month rehabilitation programme in Qatar for a knee ligament tear sustained last October.
"The services I received (in Qatar) were world class and I am feeling very positive about my recovery," Van Niekerk said in a statement released Wednesday.
The Olympic and world 400-metre champion was injured while playing in a touch rugby match in Cape Town, one of several curtain-raisers to a South Africa-New Zealand test.
Van Niekerk underwent surgery in the United States soon after and the visit to Qatar was planned then as part of his rehabilitation schedule.
No definite track comeback date has been set by the 25-year-old, but he will miss the Commonwealth Games on the Australian Gold Coast during April.
