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The cover photo of this year's annual is of Wayde van Niekerk, the man who broke Michael Johnson's 400m world record with a time of 43.03 seconds at the Rio Olympic Games when running in the outside lane. The 24-year-old South African was one of the favourites, having taken gold at the Beijing World Championships the year before. As usual the annual is packed full of essential information for the track and field enthusiast, with results from all major championships as well as reports of the World Championships and a look forward to the 2017 World Championships in London's Olympic stadium.