Wanyonyi beats Arop but Rudisha’s world record remains intact

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Mark for 800m challenged at Diamond League finalOlympic 200m champion Tebogo beaten by BednarekDavid 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. Continue reading...

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