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15/08/2016. Gold medallist David Lekuta Rudisha (KEN) of Kenya celebrates. REUTERS
Having an extra year to prepare, gain fitness and sharpen his speed is a reason for world 800m record holder David Rudisha to be thankful for the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
At 30, and with a lack of competitive racing over the previous three years, nobody would give Rudisha the edge he has always carried going into the 2020 Tokyo Games. But "thanks to God", Rudisha said, the Games have been pushed ahead to 2021.
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