Rudisha pulls out of worlds due to quad strain

Record ID: 904732

  • Title: Rudisha pulls out of worlds due to quad strain
  • Date: 31st July 2017
  • Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (AUGUST 17, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TWO-TIME 800 METRE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST, DAVID RUDISHA, DURING AN INTERVIEW
  • Embargoed: 14th August 2017 17:13
  • Keywords: Kenya David Rudisha quad strai withdraw from World Championships London reigning world and Olympic champion
  • Location: RIO DE JANERIO, BRAZIL & ELDORET, KENYA
  • City: RIO DE JANERIO, BRAZIL & ELDORET, KENYA
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Athletics,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016S1TOVZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: World 800 metres record holder David Rudisha has pulled out of the forthcoming World Athletics' Championships with a quad muscle strain, the Kenyan announced on his Twitter feed on Monday (July 31).
    Rudisha, reigning Olympic and world champion, is the first and only person to run under 1 minute 41 seconds for the 800 m. He would have been one of the star names at the Aug. 4-13 global show-piece event in London.
    "Its (sic) sad and disappointing to announce my no show in the forthcoming #london2017 WC due to a quad muscle strain," the 28-year-old said.
    Rudisha won his first 800 m. world title in Daegu in 2011, a year before his world record-performance at the Olympics in the same London Stadium where the world championships are being held.
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