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Rudisha confirms he is world class
Kenya has enjoyed great success at the world championships in South Korea, Rudisha claiming his country’s third gold after the women’s marathon and 10,000.
“I controlled the race from the start, that was my plan, I did not want to make a mistake. And I also knew that I was in good shape,” he added.
“At the moment we Kenyans are very happy to see our flag rising so often. After Daegu, I will go back to training and see if I can put my personal best down in the next races.”
Rudisha was initiated as a Masai warrior after breaking Dane Kipketer’s record in 2010. He now looks set to be anointed the best 800 metres runner of all time.
Coe, whose own world record stood for 16 years before Kipketer broke it, said there was more to come from Kenyan.
“He will get quicker,” Coe said of Rudisha, whose father Daniel won a silver medal as part of Kenya’s 4×400 Olympic relay team in Mexico City in 1968.
“He’s outstanding because he looks very good as he runs. I like athletes to look good at that distance and I think Wilson was the right person to take my record because he just looks the part.
“And I think the athlete that has looked the best 800 metre runner in the last decade beyond Wilson has now got his record,” he added.
Source: Reuters
