« on: June 10, 2008, 09:23:28 AM »
Anyone who witnessed Abubaker Kaki’s performance at Oslo’s famed Bislett Games Golden League meet June 5 knows the Sudanese teenager appears the man to beat in the Olympic 800 metres.
In only his first 800m of the outdoor season he followed countryman Abdalla Abdelgadir through the first 400 metres in 50.17 seconds before unleashing a kick that withstood the attack of Kenya’s recently crowned African champion David Rushida.
When he crossed the finish line and saw his time on the trackside clock he pumped his fist in the air. It had stopped at 1:42.69 a new world junior record, almost a full second under the former record which has stood for more than a decade. It is also the fastest 800m run in the past five years.
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