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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sean Ingle

Wanyonyi beats Arop but Rudisha’s world record remains intact

Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Djamel Sedjati, and Marco Arop approach the finish line.
Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Djamel Sedjati, and Marco Arop approach the finish line. Photograph: Frederic Sierakowski/AP

David Rudisha’s revered 800m world record from the London 2012 Games is safe for another year after a kamikaze attempt on it at the Diamond League final went up in a blaze of lactic acid and burning lungs.

On a cold night in Brussels, the thoughts of many athletes were inevitably on getting through a final night of competition before a well-earned rest at the end of a thrilling but long season. However, the Canadian Marco Arop had other ideas.

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