Athletics: Rudisha ready to return from injury
His manager James Templeton told Reuters that Rudisha was confident he would be over his injury problems
RALEIGH:
Kenyan 800-metre world record holder David Rudisha’s long injury layoff should not affect his chances of winning gold at this year’s world championships in South Korea, said his manager. Rudisha, who broke the world record twice in a week last year, has not competed since running in March because of tendinitis in his left ankle but is now ready to resume racing. The IAAF world athlete of the year will return on June 24 before his first real test at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on June 30. His manager James Templeton told Reuters that Rudisha was confident he would be over his injury problems and at his peak for the world championships in August.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 12th, 2011.
Kenyan 800-metre world record holder David Rudisha’s long injury layoff should not affect his chances of winning gold at this year’s world championships in South Korea, said his manager. Rudisha, who broke the world record twice in a week last year, has not competed since running in March because of tendinitis in his left ankle but is now ready to resume racing. The IAAF world athlete of the year will return on June 24 before his first real test at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on June 30. His manager James Templeton told Reuters that Rudisha was confident he would be over his injury problems and at his peak for the world championships in August.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 12th, 2011.