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born 1988 Kenya
David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a retired Kenyan middle-distance runner who is the world and Olympic record holder in the 800 metres. Rudisha won gold medals in the 800 m at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympic Games; at the former, he set the current world record with a time of 1:40.91.
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To get to the top is not easy but to maintain your level is even more difficult. The important thing now is to stay focused.
If you walk around at 10am, you will find thousands of people training, even more than that.
Just for fun, maybe one time we can do it for charity.
We encourage athletes to exercise fair play and work hard. It's happening not just in athletics and it's not a good thing.
Athletes are just normal people, Sometimes you get to the right place,London was great, I love the city and the people were great, they love sport. Everything was perfect, that's why I did so well.
The Olympics are of course a big target for me and to win in Daegu I would consider would be a vital step towards that.
I believe after winning in London I have released some pressure.
There is a balance and I think 49-low is about right for me.
I don't know what his reaction was but I think he was emotional. He even left to meet friends and celebrate.
He gave me good advice when I was young and taught me that I must be patient and work hard and make the most of my talent.
I thought I could do it in Rieti. But with my coach and manager we thought I needed to have another chance to break the record because although the weather seems always good in Rieti, you never know.
As I’ve said before my focus this year is on the World Championships in Daegu but that is still two months away and by then I am confident I will be running at my best.
Yes, we laughed about this last year in Monaco but as I said then, I haven’t run under 1:41 yet, so I can’t be talking of running under 1:40!
Since 2005 I joined the training camp of Brother Colm,It was he that suggested I try the 800. He has been my coach since then. We work nicely together, he knows me well and he knows middle distance running well.
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