ISTAF Berlin: World Record, 800m in 1:41.09 by David Rudisha, August 22, 2010, by Larry Eder

Rudisha, Lausanne DL, photorun.net.

On Sunday, at the ISTAF Berlin Meeting (not a part of the
DL), David Rudisha broke the world record for 800 meters with his amazing run
in Berlin.

Men’s 800m: Following his pacemaker, Sammy Tangui, David Rudisha hit the 400
meters in 48.35 and continued running to break the WR of Wilson Kipketer by the
smallest of margins, running 1:41.09! In fourth was Leonel Manzano, who ran his
PB for 800 meters in 1:44. 56.(Remember, Rudisha ran 1:41.53 in Heusden last month).

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Men’s 1,500m: Silas Kiplagat won the 1,500
meters in 3:30.61. European Champion Arturo Casado was fourth, in
3:32.70.

Men’s 3,000m:In the 3,000 meters, which was to be an attempt by Bernard Lagat at
Bob Kennedy’s AR for 3,000 meters, did not Come to pass. Tariku Bekele
ran 7:28.29, with Bernard Lagat in fifth in 7:35.11.

Men’s 110m hurdles:Ryan Wilson won the 110m
hurdles, running 13.27. AndrewTurner, the European Champ, was second in
13.30.

Men’s shot put:Reese Hoffa won the shot in
21.29m over Tomazs Majewski, 21.26m.

Men’s discus:Germany’s rock star, Robert Harting, the
man who can make websites as well as throw the discus, won here in 68.24.

Women’s events:

Women’s 100m:On the women’s side, Sherone
Simpson won in 11.09, with little competition.

Women’s 400m: Debbie Dunn won the 400 meters in 50.54, taking down
Kaliese Spencer, the 400m hurdle specialist, who ran 50.64.

Semenya, Berlin 2009, photorun.net

Men’s 800m:In her first race back,
Caster Semenya ran 1:59.90 . Christin Wurth Thomas was fifth in 2:00.61. This
was Caster Semenya’s, the world
champion, first run since her win
in Berlin in August 2009. Semenya raced a couple times in Scandanavia before
her race in Berlin on Sunday.

Women’s 100m hurdles: In the 100m hurdles,
Priscilla Lopes-Schleip ran 12.57 for the win. In fifth place was LoLo Jones,
who has had three sub par races in a row, running 12.90 here. She seems to be racing a lot and her reactions to starts, and her mid-race surge just is not there.The Canadians actually, Lopes-Schleip and Felician, went 1-2 here!

Women’s high jump:Ariane Friederich, German
high jump goddess and bronze medalist from Berlin 2009, won here, in a
light 1.97m jump.

Women’s javelin:Christina Obergfull won the Javelin in 67.57. Kara
Patterson was third in 60.97m.

Women’s hammer throw:Betty Heidler of Germany put the hammer out of
the proverbial park, with a throw of 75.35m.

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 50-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." Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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