Athletics: Injury-free Van Niekerk set to make return to European competition

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Championships – men’s 200 metres final – London Stadium, London, Britain – August 10, 2017 – Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa reacts after winning the silver. REUTERS/Toby Melville

(Reuters) - South Africa's Olympic 400 metres champion Wayde van Niekerk will make his long-awaited return to the track when he competes at the rescheduled Gala dei Castelli in Bellinzona, Switzerland on Tuesday.

Van Niekerk, who recently recovered from a debilitating knee injury and then COVID-19, which he contracted while training in Italy, made the announcement on Monday.