ZURICH (AP) β After announcing his return to the top with a second world championship title in Beijing last month, 800-meter world record holder David Rudisha is aiming to run even faster at the Weltklasse Zurich meet on Thursday.
Rudisha has had a difficult time since breaking the world record at the 2012 London Olympics. He missed the 2013 world championships with a bad knee and struggled to get back his sharpness.
On Wednesday, Rudisha says “it has been tough 2013, 2014. I’ve been struggling a lot coming back.”
Unlike the wire-to-wire run in London, Rudisha landed the world title with a tactical race in Beijing, but will test himself against the clock in Zurich.
He says “I’m thinking of pushing a little bit and seeing how far I can go.”
