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The party gets better.


As Sprinter Jereem Richards delivered on his promise to run his heart out, and it paid off with silver in the men's 400-meter final.

Richards stopped the clock at 43.72, a new national record and personal best, bettering his previous mark of 43.78 set at the Olympics.

The race was won by Botswana's Busang Kebinat-shipi in a world-leading 43.53 seconds.
Transcript
00:00Well Jareem Richards was given lane 2 in the men's 400m final.
00:04Not the best of lanes some might say, but in a final he was prepared to lay it all on the line against a super competitive field.
00:10No one knew for sure who would win this one as some of them would have had the world leading time this year at some point.
00:17The field included South Africa's Zakiti Nini, Jackery Patterson of the United States and Botswana's Hot 3.
00:23Richards would take care of two and he hunted down the last, Busan Kabinat Shippey in the last 100m.
00:30Jamaica's McDonald is there, but who's hit the front already? It's Busan Kabinat Shippey.
00:38Kabinat Shippey held on to win with a time of 43.53 seconds, a new world leading time.
00:45Jareem Richards seconded 43.72 seconds, breaking his personal best record
00:51and setting a new national record as well.
00:54And the other Botswana runner, Bayapo Endori third, 44.20 seconds.
01:00Sergio Dufour, TV6 Sport.
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