No it was not Bolt doing the double, back to back. It was something that was very slow to figure out until all the little details came to light. No it was not about a sob story about an orphan kid, who was hit by a car, suffered from a delibiliting illness, had no money to buy vitamins and then went on to win the Gold medal.
It was the 800m run by David Rudisha of Kenya and here are the details ;
- front ran a middlel distance from start to the end
- spinted the whole would be a better description
- dragged the remaining runners intonhis orbit causing 7 of the 8 finalists to achieve their PB and some breaking their own National records.
- broke a 16 year old held world record
- the siver medalist broke the Junior World record
- the 8th and last runner with his timing would have won the last 3 Olymics gold medal.
There has never been a single event that came this close in terms of the wash that it created. It took the sports pundits and journalists nearly 24 hrs before they realised what had happened.
The next day the penny dropped for Usain Bolt who then went on to suggest a 400 m race between Rudisha and himself.
And to close on what was to become an iconic event never to be repeated, David Rudshia came across as a humble, decent and wonderful chap when he was interviewed.
It was the 800m run by David Rudisha of Kenya and here are the details ;
- front ran a middlel distance from start to the end
- spinted the whole would be a better description
- dragged the remaining runners intonhis orbit causing 7 of the 8 finalists to achieve their PB and some breaking their own National records.
- broke a 16 year old held world record
- the siver medalist broke the Junior World record
- the 8th and last runner with his timing would have won the last 3 Olymics gold medal.
There has never been a single event that came this close in terms of the wash that it created. It took the sports pundits and journalists nearly 24 hrs before they realised what had happened.
The next day the penny dropped for Usain Bolt who then went on to suggest a 400 m race between Rudisha and himself.
And to close on what was to become an iconic event never to be repeated, David Rudshia came across as a humble, decent and wonderful chap when he was interviewed.
