David Rudisha will be 100 percent for 2015, says manager James Templeton to Reuters, from EME News

David Rudisha, photo by PhotoRun.net

BANGKOK (THA): James Templeton, the manager of David Rudisha, has said that the Olympic 800m champion is now back to being 100% fit, report Reuters. “Everything’s going well now, he’s back on track,” revealed Templeton. “He was only 85 percent fit last year but he’s 100 percent now.” Rudisha said that he is looking forward to the major championships of the next two years, saying that next year’s World Championships will be a stepping stone to his main goal of the 2016 Olympics.

(Editor’s note: David Rudisha is one of the most popular athletes in our sport. His iconic run in London in 2012 was a race that will never be forgotten by those who witnessed the run from the front world record and gold medal run.

When David Rudisha was hurt in 2013, the difference between David’s 2012 shape and a return to fitness was all the more tenuous. David was unable to run most of 2013, and in 2014, he ran well, but told me in several interviews, that it would take another year to reach his top fitness level.

I had spoken to Wilson Kipketer, Mr. Rudisha’s predecessor in the World record department, this past March. Wilson noted, ” getting back into World record shape, takes time and patience. I tried to get back into shape much too fast.” Mr. Kipketer was concerned for David Rudisha.

David Rudisha has taken the time to get back into fine shape. James Templeton, David Rudisha’s manager is a keen observer of the sport, who watches his athletes and loves the sport. James knows when an athlete is getting back into shape and when they are not.

We look forward to seeing David Rudisha in 2015.

Beijing, the 2015 World Championships, is going to be an amazing championships!)

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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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