Rudisha lowers 800 mark
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August 31, 2010, Tuesday
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KENYA'S David Rudisha lowered the 800 meters world record to 1 minute 41.01 at a meeting in Rieti in Italy on Sunday, just a week after first breaking the record.
The 21-year-old, who broke the record that had stood for 13 years in Berlin last Sunday when he ran 1:41.09, powered down the home straight at the IAAF World Challenge meet to easily better that mark.
Denmark's Wilson Kipketer set 1.41.11 in 1997 in Cologne, Germany, but Rudisha has suddenly ripped up the record books twice and said yesterday he can go even quicker in his pursuit of world and Olympic gold.
Last year at Rieti he had told the crowd he would "return to do something great".
Rudisha made a surprise semifinal exit at the Berlin world championships last year.
The small city of Rieti near Rome has a long heritage of records being broken at the quaint track and Jamaica's Nesta Carter also ran the joint-fastest 100 meters this year to win the final.
He scorched down the track in 9.78, equalling Tyson Gay's effort at the London Diamond League meeting earlier this month.
American Ryan Bailey and Jamaican Mario Forsythe ran personal bests of 9.88 and 9.95 for second and third while France's European champion Christophe Lemaitre set a national record of 9.97 in fourth.
Olympic 110m hurdles bronze medallist David Oliver of the United States, who has been enjoying a stunning season, failed in his bid to break the world record but set a meeting record of 13.01 despite hitting two hurdles.
The 21-year-old, who broke the record that had stood for 13 years in Berlin last Sunday when he ran 1:41.09, powered down the home straight at the IAAF World Challenge meet to easily better that mark.
Denmark's Wilson Kipketer set 1.41.11 in 1997 in Cologne, Germany, but Rudisha has suddenly ripped up the record books twice and said yesterday he can go even quicker in his pursuit of world and Olympic gold.
Last year at Rieti he had told the crowd he would "return to do something great".
Rudisha made a surprise semifinal exit at the Berlin world championships last year.
The small city of Rieti near Rome has a long heritage of records being broken at the quaint track and Jamaica's Nesta Carter also ran the joint-fastest 100 meters this year to win the final.
He scorched down the track in 9.78, equalling Tyson Gay's effort at the London Diamond League meeting earlier this month.
American Ryan Bailey and Jamaican Mario Forsythe ran personal bests of 9.88 and 9.95 for second and third while France's European champion Christophe Lemaitre set a national record of 9.97 in fourth.
Olympic 110m hurdles bronze medallist David Oliver of the United States, who has been enjoying a stunning season, failed in his bid to break the world record but set a meeting record of 13.01 despite hitting two hurdles.
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