RIO DE JANEIRO -- Former Alabama track star Kirani James won the silver medal in the mens 400-meter final but it took a world-record time to defeat the 2012 Olympic gold medalist from Grenada.Running out of lane eight, South Africas Wayde Van Niekerk scorched the field with a world-record time of 43.03 to beat James, who finished second with a season-best time of 43.76. LaShawn Merritt of the United States took the bronze in 43.85. The medal is the 12th all-time for Alabama athletes in Olympic track and field.Former Tennessee athlete Justin Gatlin claimed his fifth Olympic medal and third medal in the 100m dash when he took second place in the final to earn a silver medal. He recorded a time of 9.89 in the final. He finished just short of Usain Bolt who recorded a time of 9.81 to win his third straight Olympic gold in the mens 100m dash.Previously, Gatlin claimed gold in the 100m dash at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and bronze at the 2012 London Games. 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It was the Swedes third league goal of the season, catapulting Leipzig above Hertha in fourth place and Dortmund in fifth. Four points separate the top six.Wolfsburg coach Dieter Heckings position is in question after his side slipped to 14th, following its sixth consecutive game without a win.ddddddddddddere going to have to talk within the club, what were going to do in future, where we see the possibilities of playing better football again, Wolfsburg general manager Klaus Allofs said. That can be with the coach, it can also be without the coach.---MAINZ 2, DARMSTADT 1In a game with three penalties, Mainz claimed its third win to move seventh.Pablo De Blasis fired the home side into a fifth-minute lead, converting from close range after Daniel Brosinski played the ball over the defense for Gaetan Bussmann to cross.Laszlo Kleinheisler almost equalized when he crashed a volley off the crossbar, before Jhon Cordoba missed a good chance on a counter-attack at the other end. The Colombian later struck the crossbar.Colak should have made it 1-1 before the break when the first penalty was awarded but Mainz `keeper Jonas Loessl saved his spot kick.Yunus Malli made no mistake with another penalty early in the second half, giving Mainz its two-goal cushion.Colak missed another chance to pull one back with the goal at his mercy in the 68th, before Jerome Gondorf claimed the visitors consolation from the third penalty in injury time.Darmstadt dropped to 15th, one point above Schalke in the relegation zone. ' ' '