NAIROBI, June 27 -- The pain of losing to his apprentice has only help inspire Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha as he seeks to curve another niche when he debuts at the 1000m mark at the Golden Spike in Ostrava, Czech Republic on Wednesday.
Rudisha, who cited poor form and a conjected calendar for skipping the Kenyan trials to select team for the London World Championships last week in Nairobi, will be among the eight reigning Olympic champions on the top of the bill at the premier Czech track meeting. It will be second last event before Rudisha returns to London for the World Championships, which runs from August 4.
Speaking ahead of his new challenge in Ostrava, Rudisha said he feels he has gained more and in better shape than before and promised fast time.
"I am back again to my best form. Watch out for my first ever 1000m race. It leaves me excited because, irrespective of my position in the race, I will run my personal best time," Rudisha said on Tuesday.
The Kenya will be putting his body to test in off distance event, which is not anything new for Rudisha who last season in his run-up to a successful Olympic 800m title defence broke the African record over 600m at the Birmingham leg of the IAAF Diamond League, clocking 1:13.10.
But going up in distance is uncharted territory for the 28-year-old, who famously broke his own 800m world record in the 2017 Olympic final.
He hasn't disclosed any time targets, but a reasonable test of form would be an assault on the meeting record of 2:15.08 set by Ilham Tanui Ozbilen of Turkey in 2017, the fastest time that year over the rarely-run distance.
Kenyan Nicholas Kipkoech, who holds 1:43.37 and 2:16.68 credentials over 800m and 1000m from last year, and Ryan Gregson, this year's Australian 1500m champion, should prove Rudisha's primary challengers.
"I like the competition. This is what makes you get a better judgement of where you are before a major championship. It awakens the monster in you and that desire to do better by polishing your skills," he said.
Alongside Rudisha, Kenyans will be out to see how fast Britain's Mo Farah will run in his 10,000m race.
Conversely, the double-double world and Olympic champion will be covering familiar territory. In Ostrava, the Briton will embark on what will likely be the final 10,000m race of his career at a one-day meeting.
Farah, 34, clocked a world-leading 13:00.70 in the 5000m in Eugene one month ago, illustrating solid form in the run-up to his bid to defend his back-to-back world titles.
But unlike Rudisha, a meeting record is probably out of reach for the European record-holder. That belongs to Kenenisa Bekele, who set a 26:20.31 world record in 2004.
In the steeplechase, the attention will fall on Conseslus Kipruto, who took last year's Olympic title four months before his 22nd birthday.
He is expecting to target his own world lead of 8:04.63 from Rome's Golden Gala set nearly three weeks ago.
职场英语:7个小细节告诉你面试成功了!
英语求职信写作技巧汇总
史上最刁钻的十道面试题
英语简历:简历的基本格式类型
面试英语:考研复试英语自我介绍范文
面试英语对话:“小谎言”助你赢得面试(双语)
面试英语系列:更换工作的原因(2)
七步教你写好英文求职信
求职信范例 — 销售人员求职信
面试英语系列:是否胜任工作(1)
计算机系毕业生个人简历
英文求职信开头怎么写?
求职必看:四个简历错误让你与梦想擦肩而过
英文求职信怎么写:求职信范文
面试英语:工作习惯与方式
面试英语:性格问题
英文求职信模版
英语简历:26个经典的求职信结束语
职场:英语面试如何表现能对上外企口味?
英语简历:表达教育程度用语
面试英语:考研复试英语自我介绍模板
英文简历:求职信开头处常用语
英文简历:怎样写出令人眼球一亮的求职信
让HR想上吊的二逼求职青年
面试英语系列:描述你的优缺点
面试英语:英语自我介绍短文
各行业英语简历范文汇总
求职参考:英文简历之24秘笈
职场女性面试宝典:十招助你成功
人事专员必看:招聘各流程词汇大扫荡
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |