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It took 13 years for the world 800 meter track world record to be broken. It was David Rudisha of Kenya who took the honors at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, running a 1 min 41.09 secs to break the existing mark of 1:41:11 set by Wilson Kipketer of Denmark in Cologne, Germany in Aug 1997.
Rudisha was a semifinalist last year at the same venue in the Berlin World Championships, 2009.
“I was very disappointed last year, but the weather was so cold then,” said Rudisha, a 21-year-old former world junior champion.
“I knew that I would be fast today and that I am in good shape. I was just hoping the weather would be good. It was a bit windy but otherwise it was perfect,” he said.
Video – 800 meter world record
Check video of this record breaking run here.
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