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David Rudisha’s 12-year 800m world record is under potential threat from a formidable line-up at the Monaco Diamond League on Friday.
David Rudisha’s world record will come under threat at the Monaco Diamond League on Friday as two of the four fastest runners in history clash.
The Monaco track has become notorious for setting world records in recent years with Beatrice Chepkoech setting her 3,000m steeplechase world record of 8:44.32 in 2018 and Faith Kipyegon lowering the one-mile mark to 4:07.64 last year and the 800m world record could be next.
Rudisha ran an astonishing 1:40.91 at the 2012 London Olympics but the record has been largely unchallenged until this year.
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07:27 - 12.07.2024
Marco Arop believes David Rudisha's 800m world record is within reach
Marco Arop is confident that David Rudisha's world record will go down soon, owing to the current crop of 800m runners.
Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi laid down the marker when he ran 1:41.70 at the Athletics Kenya Olympics trials last month, putting him third on the all-time list behind Rudisha and Kenyan-born Dane Wilson Kipketer (1:41.11).
Wanyonyi went even faster at the Paris Diamond League last weekend with 1:41.58, but that wasn’t enough to win the race and he was even almost pipped into third.
Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati ran 1:41.56 and Gabriel Tual of France clocked 1:41.61 in a race of historic depth, and Sedjati, Wanyonyi and Tual now respectively sit third, fourth and fifth on the world all-time list.
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19:00 - 07.07.2024
Emmanuel Wanyonyi sets new PB with second-placed finish in Paris Diamond League
The Kenyan teenager has set a new personal best but finishes second to Algeria's Sedjati Djamel in a thrilling Paris race.
The 19-year-old Wanyonyi will not be in Monaco on Friday but Sedjati and Tual will clash again with world champion Marco Arop joining them.
Arop already spoke of the world record being lowered during his pre-race press conference on Thursday.
“I also believe that now, seeing that race, some guys have had massive PR’s and it goes to show that you put your mind to it and you really get after it and you don’t really know what you are capable of and I think that world record is definitely within the horizon…I don’t know who is going to break it because every runner is strong,” he said.
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09:30 - 18.06.2024
Will David Rudisha see a repeat of his 2012 London Olympics feat with Emmanuel Wanyonyi's current form?
David Rudisha has explained whether Emmanuel Wanyonyi can shatter the 800m world record at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games just like he did at the 2012 London Olympics.
After winning at the Diamond League meeting in Xiamen and at the Canadian Championships, and with his place for the Olympic Games now secured, Arop will be looking for another strong run as he takes on a field that also features world bronze medallist Ben Pattison, Benjamin Robert and Andreas Kramer, who improved his Swedish record in Paris.
With that cast on the track, another fast time is likely to be witnessed in Monaco with Rudisha’s 12-year world record under threat.
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