Van Niekerk makes sprint history: Twitter reacts

Cape Town - On Saturday, South African athlete Wayde van Niekerk became the first athlete to run under 10 seconds for 100-metres, 20 seconds for 200m and 44 seconds for 400m, a feat confirmed by the IAAF.

Competing at the Free State Championships in Bloemfontein, Van Niekerk ran a personal best 9.98 seconds for the 100m event, beating his previous best by 0.47 seconds. 

Naturally, Twitter went into overdrive with this incredible feat. 

Here are a few of the best tweets:

Welldone again @WaydeDreamer keep reaching for the stars brother,Champion stuff????

— Breyton Paulse (@BreytonPaulse) March 12, 2016

Incredibly proud of @WaydeDreamer Van Niekerk on his amazing feat! pic.twitter.com/p4B15BE656

— 7s in South Africa (@BlitzBokke) March 12, 2016

This is flippen awesome!! Congrats @WaydeDreamer. Wish you many more successful years. #pb #9.98 pic.twitter.com/rByCqoc8ez

— Damian de allende (@Doogz) March 12, 2016

Every inch a sprinter! @WaydeDreamer
100m < 10.00s
200m < 20.00s
400m < 44.00s
First athlete in history! #MyHero pic.twitter.com/KEi8cyQKj6

— Eric Roeske (@EricRoeske) March 12, 2016

Congratulations @WaydeDreamer! What an amazing feat. #YNWA

— LFC South Africa (@SouthAfricaLFC) March 12, 2016

Hey @TelkomZA have you heard about our local speed machine @WaydeDreamer ???? https://t.co/G6CZQVBC7F

— Jay (@JuadiviveM) March 12, 2016