David Rudisha Breaks WR, Again! 1:41.01, in Rieti! by Larry Eder

The picture above is the official finish line shot from the Omega camera of David Rudisha‘s
second world record in eight days, this one set in Rieti! Following his pacemaker through the 400 meters in 48.20, David Rudisha hit the 600 meters in 1:14.59. Covering the last 200 meters in 26.02,David Rudisha lowered his own world record of 1:41.09 to 1:41.01! Boaz Kiplangat Lalang was second in 1:42.95!

David ran his second world record in eight days in the city of Rieti, Italy, where the 40th anniversary of the magic end of season meeting takes place! Some tremendous performances, including a new AR at 3,000 meters!

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In third place, Nick Symmonds of the U.S. ran a personal best of 1:43.76, with Micheal Rimmer of Great Britain, finishing fourth, also in a personal best of 1:43.89. European 800 meter Champion, Poland‘s Marcin Lewandowski, finished fifth in 1:44.10 and European
1,500 meter champion, Spain‘s Arturo Casada, was sixth in 1;44.74.

Results – 800m Men
– Final A

World Record	1:41.09	David RUDISHA	KEN	Berlin	22 AUG 2010
European Record	1:41.11	Wilson KIPKETER	DEN	KÃ¶ln	24 AUG 1997
Meeting Record	1:41.83	Wilson KIPKETER	DEN		1996
Italian Record	1:43.7	Marcello FIASCONARO	ITA	Milano	27 JUN 1973

Rank

Athlete

Nation

Result

RUDISHA, David Lekuta

KEN

1:41.01

LALANG, Boaz Kiplagat

KEN

1:42.95

SYMMONDS, Nick

USA

1:43.76

RIMMER, Michael

GBR

1:43.89

LEWANDOWSKI, Marcin

POL

1:44.10

CASADO, Arturo

ESP

1:44.74

KIVUVA, Jackson Mumbwa

KEN

2:23.39

TANGUI, Sammy

KEN

DNF

Intermediate times:

	400m	29	Tangui, Sammy (KEN)	48.20
	600m	28	RUDISHA, David Lekuta (KEN)	1:14.59

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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