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World 800m silver medallist Emmanuel Wanyonyi has revealed when he feels will be the appropriate time to attempt David Rudisha’s 12-year world record
World 800m silver medallist Emmanuel Wanyonyi has no intentions of going for David Rudisha's world record anytime soon.
The 19-year-old had an impressive 2023 campaign which ended with a silver medal at the World Championships and the Diamond League Trophy and he has been tipped to achieve even more in 2024.
Being an Olympics year, there are high hopes that he can reclaim the gold that Kenya last won in 2016 through Rudisha and there are those who feel he can even attempt a world record.
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"My target (in 2024) is to run 1:41," Wanyonyi, who clocked in a world-leading Personal Best of 1:42.80 to win the Diamond League final, told World Athletics.
“Some people say to me ‘Wanyonyi you can run the world record next year’. But I say no. The world record may come in a few more years, but I am still young,” he added of how he sees the world record of 1:40.91 set by Rudisha at the 2012 London Olympics.
Before winning the Diamond League final, Wanyonyi had won silver at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary in a time of 1:44.53 with Canadian Marco Arop claiming gold after clocking in 1:44.24.
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The teenage sensation says poor tactics cost him a gold medal after following the advice of his mentor Rudisha and his coach to run from behind before striking late.
At the Diamond League meeting in Xiamen in September – running from the front with full permission this time from his coach – he finally got his revenge against Arop, clocking another world lead of 1:43.20, with the Canadian in second place in a personal best of 1:43.24.
“I like to run.” Wanyonyi said. “I like to compete. I like running against Arop. He is my friend, and he makes me train hard for our competitions. That’s why I need to keep my discipline for next year (2024), for the Olympics.”
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