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Rudisha smashes his world record in 800m

By - | Aug. 10, 2012

By Joshua Kemboi, KTN SPORTS EDITOR

For one minute, 40.91 seconds, Kenyans stood still as David Rudisha tore through the track inside the Olympic stadium in London to deliver Kenya’s second gold medal at the 30th Olympic.

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