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!
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.
| World Record |
1:41.09 |
David RUDISHA |
KEN |
Berlin |
22 AUG 2010 |
| European Record |
1:41.11 |
Wilson KIPKETER |
DEN |
Köln |
24 AUG 1997 |
| Meeting Record |
1:41.83 |
Wilson KIPKETER |
DEN |
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1996 |
| Italian Record |
1:43.7 |
Marcello FIASCONARO |
ITA |
Milano |
27 JUN 1973 |
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RUDISHA, David Lekuta |
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LALANG, Boaz Kiplagat |
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SYMMONDS, Nick |
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RIMMER, Michael |
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LEWANDOWSKI, Marcin |
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CASADO, Arturo |
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KIVUVA, Jackson Mumbwa |
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TANGUI, Sammy |
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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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