David Rudisha’s stunning 800m was picked by Seb Coe as his top moment from the London Olympics, and with good reason.
The Kenyan knocked a tenth of a second off his own world record, with seven of the eight athletes in the race – including Great Britain’s Andrew Osagie – securing personal bests.
Only Abubaker Kaki, of Sudan, didn’t record a new PB, although he did complete the race in a season’s best time.
For good measure, 18-year-old Nigel Amos’s silver medal gave him the honour of picking up Botswana’s first ever Olympic medal (and in a world junior record time).
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