Wanyonyi beats Arop but Rudisha’s world record remains intact

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David Rudisha’s revered 800m world record from the London 2012 Games is safe for another year after a kamikaze attempt on it at the Diamond League final went up in a blaze of lactic acid and burning lungs.

On a cold night in Brussels, the thoughts of many athletes were inevitably on getting through a final night of competition before a well-earned rest at the end of a thrilling but long season. However, the Canadian Marco Arop had other ideas.

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Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/sep/14/wanyonyi-beats-arop-but-rudishas-world-record-remains-intact under the title “Wanyonyi beats Arop but Rudisha’s world record remains intact”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.