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Knee injury robs Comm Games of one of its biggest stars
The Commonwealth Games has lost its biggest draw card with the heir to Usain Bolt's athletics throne, South Africa's Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk ruled out of next years games on the Gold Coast and his career is in limbo after suffering a serious knee injury in a celebrity touch rugby match.