{"id":387,"date":"2010-08-22T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-22T23:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=387"},"modified":"2010-08-22T16:26:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-22T23:26:00","slug":"more-rudisha-800-wr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=387","title":{"rendered":"More Rudisha 800 WR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/lekuta-rudisha-kenya-poses\/image\/9576019?term=david+rudisha\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/view1.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/9576019\/lekuta-rudisha-kenya-poses\/lekuta-rudisha-kenya-poses.jpg?resize=234%2C128\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"Lekuta Rudisha of Kenya poses next to the electronic time board after setting a new world record following the men's 800m competition at Berlin Grand Prix\" height=\"128\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"David Lekuta Rudisha of Kenya poses next to the electronic time board after setting a new world record following the men's 800m competition at the ISTAF Berlin Grand Prix athletics, August 22, 2010. Rudushia clocked at time of one minute 41.09 secoonds. REUTERS\/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:left;height:0px;overflow: hidden;\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While the details on Rudisha\u2019s WR run are still filtering in, I\u2019ve found video of the race (below) and taken my own rough splits. This run saw Rudisha pass through 400 in 48.9, 600 in 1:14.5, and of course the 800 mark in 1:41.09. I\u2019ve gone through my archives and found the splits for Rudisha\u2019s 1:41.51 as well as Wilson Kipketer\u2019s three WR runs in 1997 and Seb Coe\u2019s 1:41.73.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"400\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:41.73<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">Coe<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">24.4 \/ 49.7<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:15.0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:41.73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:41.73<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">Kipketer<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">24.0 \/ 49.6<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:16.3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:41.73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:41.24<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">Kipketer<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">23.0 \/ 48.3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:14.5<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:41.24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:41.11<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">Kipketer<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">23.8 \/ 49.3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:14.6<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:41.11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:41.51<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">Rudisha<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">??? \/ 49.5<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:14.4<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:41.51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:41.09<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">Rudisha<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">??? \/ 48.9<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:14.5<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"80\">1:41.09<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Watching this video, as scary as it sounds, Rudisha is capable of better and sub 1:41 could be on the horizon. <\/p>\n<p>Below is Wilson Kipketer\u2019s 1:41.11 followed by Rudisha\u2019s new mark of 1:41.09.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:21c1b8e0-2d5b-4c79-bc29-266a3d239cf1\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">\n<div id=\"c99856e0-970b-437e-bd8a-442e4c6aaece\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y-nktw7gZgU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" target=\"_new\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_q69RXDGKhjE\/THHAPLrwZbI\/AAAAAAAAAE4\/ex2gqTfvTCE\/video2f78cd984748%5B3%5D.jpg\" style=\"border-style: none\" galleryimg=\"no\" onload=\"var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('c99856e0-970b-437e-bd8a-442e4c6aaece'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = &quot;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object width=\\&quot;425\\&quot; height=\\&quot;355\\&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=\\&quot;movie\\&quot; value=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/y-nktw7gZgU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hl=en\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/param&gt;&lt;embed src=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/y-nktw7gZgU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hl=en\\&quot; type=\\&quot;application\/x-shockwave-flash\\&quot; width=\\&quot;425\\&quot; height=\\&quot;355\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/embed&gt;&lt;\\\/object&gt;&lt;\\\/div&gt;&quot;;\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:87838b89-372a-4dfe-8dd1-4d9c8256c546\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">\n<div id=\"c0848887-e637-49f1-a38a-c6379aacecb6\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_of87fPA6fg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" target=\"_new\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_q69RXDGKhjE\/THHAPhmGqMI\/AAAAAAAAAE8\/-kzMv0VmdPg\/video353bf17a6116%5B3%5D.jpg\" style=\"border-style: none\" galleryimg=\"no\" onload=\"var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('c0848887-e637-49f1-a38a-c6379aacecb6'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = &quot;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object width=\\&quot;425\\&quot; height=\\&quot;355\\&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=\\&quot;movie\\&quot; value=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_of87fPA6fg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hl=en\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/param&gt;&lt;embed src=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_of87fPA6fg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hl=en\\&quot; type=\\&quot;application\/x-shockwave-flash\\&quot; width=\\&quot;425\\&quot; height=\\&quot;355\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/embed&gt;&lt;\\\/object&gt;&lt;\\\/div&gt;&quot;;\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the details on Rudisha\u2019s WR run are still filtering in, I\u2019ve found video of the race (below) and taken my own rough splits. This run saw Rudisha pass through 400 in 48.9, 600 in 1:14.5, and of course the 800 mark in 1:41.09. I\u2019ve gone through my archives and found the splits for Rudisha\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa3DCY-6f","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}