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Rotich beats Rudisha in Stockholm meet, Yego and Bett fail to impress

Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich when he beat World and Olympic champion David Rudisha in Shanghai, China last month. Rotich also beat Rudisha in Stockholm on Thursday. [PHOTO:REUTERS]

Ferguson Rotich, fourth at the Beijing Worlds, once again stunned Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha in Stockholm, Sweden, the eighth stop of the IAAF Diamond League meeting.

Rudisha’s competitors in the men’s 800m must have been priming themselves for an upset since the world record-holder has a weakness competing under rainy weather conditions.

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