{"id":105,"date":"2012-08-10T06:56:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T06:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/kenya\/?p=105"},"modified":"2012-08-10T07:04:24","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T07:04:24","slug":"rudisha-wins-800m-gold-in-wr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/kenya\/og\/london2012\/rudisha-wins-800m-gold-in-wr.htm","title":{"rendered":"Rudisha wins 800m Gold in WR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_106\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/kenya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/David-Rudisha.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106\" class=\" wp-image-106 \" title=\"David Lekuta Rudisha\" src=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/kenya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/David-Rudisha.jpg\" alt=\"David Lekuta Rudisha\" width=\"540\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/kenya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/David-Rudisha.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/kenya\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/David-Rudisha-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Lekuta Rudisha<\/p><\/div>\n<p>David Rudisha of Kenya bedazzled the world with his front running prowess and his majestic determination over 800m, this led to the first new world record on the London 2012 track.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old Kenyan in his first appearance in an Olympic final became the first athlete to dip under the magical 1:41 barrier with his supreme clocking of 1:40.91.<\/p>\n<p>Nijel Amos of Botswana took silver, with another teenager, Kenya&#8217;s Timothy Kitum, grabbing bronze.<\/p>\n<p>The current world champion Rudisha opened with a lap of 49.28 seconds and applied further pressure as he went on to break his own world record.<\/p>\n<p>The 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