Rudisha posts world leading time in Diamond opener

Kenya’s world and Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha clocked the best time in the world this year with victory in Friday’s Diamond League opener.

Kenya’s David Lekuta Rudisha points to the new world record he set after winning the men’s 800m final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium (Reuters)

The 800m Olympic Champion won in 1min 43.87sec with Ethiopia’s Mohammed Aman coming second in 1:44.21.

Rudisha broke his own world record at the London Olympics last summer with a time of 1:40.91.

Another Kenyan Asbel Kiprop also posted another world lead time of 3:31:13 in 1500M at the Doha meet.

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