Amman upsets Rudisha

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Aman, 17 years old wins Rudisha in Milan

Picture 1 - It is not easy winning the race for most top runners. 

Milan, Italy

Summary

Teenage sensation Mohamed Aman of Ethiopia upset World champion and World record holder David Rudisha in the 800m Milano International Meeting.

Last weekend Rudisha again won his second consecutive Samsung Diamond Trophy in the event in Brussels. However, it was not Rudisha’s day as the 17-year-old Ethiopian sensation Aman produced a major upset by beating Rudisha in 1:43.50 to the Kenyan’s 1:43.57.

Poland’s Marcin Lewandowski was third in 1:45.05 ahead of Morocco’s Mohamed El Manaoui (1:45.46) and Kenyan Nicholas Kipkoech (1:45.47). Twenty-two-year-old Italian champion Giordano Benedetti set his lifetime best with 1:46.32.  

“It was a hard race. I am very surprised”, said the shy Aman to reporters, who was the World Youth silver medallist in Lille last July in 1:44.68.

“It was very hard to warm up,” Rudisha told reporters. “The same happened two years ago in Berlin. I felt very tired but I am happy with the season which was highlighted by the world title in Daegu and the Diamond League win.”  

My opinion
I believe that Rudisha had one of his bad days. Every day cannot be ideal. As for Aman, he has a lot of potential in him to go far as he is young.


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