2011 World Champs/Daegu: Day 4, Session 2: David Rudisha Wins in 1:43.91, leads start to finish! by Larry Eder

David Rudisha, 2011 WC 800 meters, gold medalist, photo by PhotoRun.net

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A very thoughtful man, David Rudisha was difficult to hear when he did an interview at the AVIVA London Grand Prix in early August. Rudisha was very clear on one thing: he wanted to win the World Championship 800 meters title.
Running a very focused race, David Rudisha lead from the start, and did not look back. Hitting the 200 meters in 23.81, the 400 meters in 51.33 and the 600 meters in 1:17.99, David Rudisha won his first World Championships in style, taking the gold in 1:43.91.
Abubaker Kaki of Sudan, who had barely moved on after a disasterous first round in the 800 meters, went by Yuriy Borzakovskiy of Russia, taking the silver in 1:44.41. Borzakovsky took the bronze in 1:44.49.
Marcin Lewandowski of Poland was fourth in 1:44.80. Nick Symmonds of the US, who was boxed in with 100 meters to go, fought his way up from seventh to fifth, but could not get any closer, running 1:45.12. In sixth place, Adam Kszcot of Poland, the European Indoor champ, ran 1:45.25. Alfred Yego of Kenya was seventh in 1:45.83 and Mohammed Aman of Ethiopia, was eighth in 1:45.93.

Tuesday was David Rudisha’s night: he not only won his first World Championships, he did it with style!

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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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