David Rudisha | The King of the 800m

A kid from Kenya becomes an underground athletic gem after being discovered by the most prolific coach in their country. After just a few years of training, they discover that they have the potential to become not just one of the greats, but the greatest middle distance runner seen in the last few decades.
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[@archiesmum8601]

David Rudisha is one of the most underrated athletes, he is often completely forgotten when these best /top athlete lists His 2012 London Olympic Gold win was perfect, he was majestic & his win delighted everyone who witnessed it❤

[@redd605]

IAM not surprised look at the list of great Kenya runs over the years who did 800 m- 5,000 m you got kip keno, mike bolt, Paul ereng, kiplagat , Komen.

[@roger_melly5025]

And yet Kenya is now subject to special measures in relation to its middle/long distance runners from the IAAC/IOC in relation to its drug testing programme or the lack thereof 🤣🤣🤣 @@redd605

[@JK-go4yf]

He is not underrated. He is a legend, a world record holder, and an all time great in 800

[@ThoughtsEtcEtcEtc]

Greatest running form of all time, along with Bolt, and a handful of long distance runners whose names escape me at the moment. But if I had to choose one, I would say David Rudisha has the greatest running form of all time.

[@ob400mH]

Love the early day digging what a treat of info he broke 1:50 in his first 800m

[@kr12a2y]

Implicit Nick Symmonds collab lol. Great vid as always.

[@LONGplays1]

14:15 aka nick

[@brando3465]

wait so he just got thrown into an 800 and broke 1:50? 😭 man why cant i do that

[@tquasa07]

That’s a nasty time, spur of the moment, on cinders, under blazing Kenyan sun

[@robinbauer1975]

david is genetically gifted his dad an olympian bet your dad and you didm´t grew up at altitude and have that fast twitching muscles in calves

[@RoyChadwick51]

You have a big fat belly and cried when Helen daniels died in Neighbours .

[@jojolords4523]

Look at how they train in Kenya and a good exmple is how good Daniel Komen was when he finally started track and field.

[@wisforwinner]

I love this guys videos and I love David Rudisha this is a great day for my KZbin recommended history

[@ob400mH]

retweet

[@wisforwinner]

@@ob400mH cringe

[@SPVLaboratories]

I was in a college short stories class in spring of 2013. Our teacher was young and hip and decided to engage the class by having all of us make twitter accounts and tweet about the stories we were reading. She strongly encouraged us to make new accounts for this but dumbass me decided to just use my personal account. I was not too bothered by this until one day she logged into her account in front of the class and scrolled through her home page where all of our tweets filled the screen… or rather the classes tweets about the stories plus a bunch of my personal tweets. Fortunately this was before it was custom to post psycho shit on main, but being only a few months after the London 2012 Olympics I had been watching rudisha’s iconic 800 WR and tweeted “I wish I could run like David rudisha”. This off topic tweet was now on display in front of my entire class, but before I had the chance to be embarrassed I heard a bunch of panicked kids behind me saying “fuck I didn’t do the reading last night! Who is David rudisha was he in the story?” Anyways incredible athlete, arguably one of the most impressive WRs of all time in one of the best track and field races of all time.

[@audleymclean3724]

I am, and will always be Rudisha fan, I always thought he deserved as much recognition as Usain Bolt, though I'm Jamaican, the man is like a machine..

[@longstrobe2547]

Actually Usain did in fact mention Rudisha's performance at the 2012 Olympics.

[@TheTurtlebot]

I think the middle distance is where you see the most specialization cuz the difference between the 400m, 800m, and 1500m is just so crazy

[@JonesyTerp1]

Absolutely. The difference between the distances has massive effect on the what the body needs/doesn’t need to cover the distance in a world class time. The 400m runner carries muscles weight that generates raw speed, but it will kill him over 800. Same for an 800 guy going 1500. Inversely the 1500m runner will not have the power muscles and strength necessary to finish the 800 strong, cardio wise he will be fine, but he wont be able to generate rpm, so to speak. Same for the 800m guy trying to turn 400m. The 100/200 can be run with the same body, as can the 5000/10,000.

[@danielnunez2525]

​@@JonesyTerp1There are exceptions, like "the horse" Alberto Juantorena, winner of both 400 and 800m in the same olympics, in Montreal 1976

[@_Tp___]

Jake Wightman and Josh Kerr are both decent 800m and 1500m runners

[@JonesyTerp1]

@@danielnunez2525 Yeah, there are always exceptions. I was speaking tin the broadest sense.

[@ThoughtsEtcEtcEtc]

The London 2012 800m Final is the greatest sporting event I have seen on live television, by far. And that’s saying a lot, considering how many hours of NCAA March Madness I’ve logged over the years (basketball fans if u know u know!) This is also one of the main events that continues to inspire me to stay healthy, stay active, eat well, focus, and be proud - if not also extremely humbled by the top sportsmanship of this level. In the age of Bolt and Rudisha, it is almost impossible to imagine anyone achieving greater times than they have achieved. Their bodies may have been prime for the respective events from the start, but their sheer dedication to running perfection is and will always be astounding. Bless them.

[@williamadkins6894]

Crazy how I knew exactly what was going on even when the video was blurred. The commentating is amazing!

[@eaglementality4380]

Such great running form and an even more splendid athlete! Love David Rudisha!

[@admiralaokiji7889]

Every time I ran the 800 in high school and did repeats in practice I took inspiration from rudisha and pushed myself. He’s an absolute legend. His form and strength was so powerful during his peak.

[@michaelk1026]

actual best running creator

[@Slapthematwrestling]

thank you, that was a nice learning experience about an absolute iconic athlete. Well done

[@InfinityCuberRS3M]

Great video! Ive always been in awe of David, and this more in depth view of his life was really entertaining and interesting

[@Pihasanddunes1]

Excellent short doco. Love the original commentary in multiple languages. David Rudisha is so physically imposing, with a muscular upper body more like a 400m hurdler. He really powers forward with his shoulders, giving that extra impetus to his long stride. Great runner to have watched.

[@JohnRome-xn7hx]

Fantastic video, DL Rudisha is one of my favourite athletes in every sports! A true legend and the best 800ms runner of all time. 🔝🔥👏👏👏

[@digitaldreams3000]

Fantastic documentary- thanks!

[@iFlarsky]

Thanks for continuing to make great content! Simply the best.

[@TheNACookies]

Great video, I personally think his win at London 2012 is the single greatest track performance of all time. Unbelievable running all across that field and he was so clear!

[@prospektarty1513]

It doesn’t matter if David won other races or indoors his 800metres world record in 2012 is considered the worlds greatest track race of all time, it was pure perfection and poetry in motion by Rudisha and all of the runners from first to last everyone in that race would have held the world record I’d they had run those times in the past. He created magic that night and none of those runner’s including Rudisha would ever achieve a feat like that again. It was simply the greatest world record race of any kind to witness and that’s why he is so special and what he will be rembered for even if he under achieved afterwards. Hats the mark of a great once in a lifetime champion and world record holder like Usain Bolt and Rudisha. Usain Bolt single handededly made track and field athletics a glamorous and popular sport after all the drug saddled Russian, East German, Chinese and Czech athletes and the 90s Americans had brought the sport into disrepute and made every world record up till end of the 20th century a nightmare of a drugs cheating joke. No 20th century athletics world record stilll standing or even in the past can be taken seriously as everyone was fuelled by doping agents, from Carl Lewis, to Flo Jo to Marion jones, linford Christie, , Kratchilova, Heineken Drechsler and all the ova’s that ever came out of Eastern Europe from Bulgaria to Russia. The whole of the 20th century sport was a drugs cheaters paradise.

[@free-safe8445]

True

[@Om-mw5lb]

True! The guy who came in last in the 2012 London Olympics ran faster than the Gold medalist in the 2008 Beijing Olympics!

[@free-safe8445]

@@Om-mw5lb even 2016 rio de janeiro

[@free-safe8445]

@@Om-mw5lb and Tokyo 2020

[@relikvija]

These guys are basically sprinting throughout

[@Price_Drawz5k]

Throughout my high school career, rudisha had slowly become one of if not my favorite runner. He has such a diligent style and a flawless and effortless form. Also he has been, and might be for another few decades, the greatest 800m athlete of all time.

[@ilovebwws]

Nick just went to the wrong Olympics wouldve medaled or won another Olympics in the past 8 years

[@gemede220]

Man he could have gone 1:39 if injuries didn’t hold him back.

[@jojolords4523]

Don't exagerate, another second is huge on 800m at this level.

[@alansamuel2454]

​@@jojolords4523yes, it sure is. There's a reason he had several low to mid 1:41's and not low 1:41's. Sub 1:40 is frankly not doable.

[@jojolords4523]

@@alansamuel2454 That would require nearly 1'400 points.

[@UnleashedTraining101]

I wish we could see Rudisha in a one mile race. I reckon he could place well even without changing his training at all.

[@walkerwilson9222]

awesome vid as always, keep it up!

[@theone9273]

High quality video!

[@Kombo-Chapfika]

Big up David Rudisha!

[@zethyuen8859]

Great video man

[@seanmckay3815]

I love the montages. They make these videos 11:56

[@Trizzer89]

800m is that weird middle distance that doesnt stack well with 400m or 1500m

[@Trizzer89]

Breaking 1:45 at age 19 is insanity

[@miles7074]

NCAA champ this year did it also

[@redd605]

The last thing I heard is he survived a huge accident, and I have not seen him race on a track recently

[@cheggykirui332]

He is now retired

[@queenbee1588]

He started getting involved with too many women. In kenya we say money, alcohol and politics always bring a man down

[@felistergatwiri7134]

​@@queenbee1588That's not why he stopped running. He had too many surgeries and was having orthopedic surgeries as recently as 2021. Injuries ruined him

[@edjacobs6897]

What a shame with the "blurr" these runs inspire others , Every 800m youngster should see this !!!

[@davidv1376]

Hah seeing marcin lewandowski in that junior 800 championship race, fun.

[@lex3374]

5:58 Henglo isnt Hungary, its in the Netherlands :p

[@matts8012]

Mohammed Aman would set a new Etheopian national record and lifetime best time of 1:43.20 and place SIXTH IN THE RACE. SIXTH!

[@erikgrimba2065]

Blurring the video was infuriating

[@Naomi-gr7fm]

Probably to avoid copyright

[@UnleashedTraining101]

Kenya is an exceptional country in terms of running ability. Kalenjin genes are strong.

[@JS-to3yj]

Will we ever see another Rudisha? Emmanuel Wanyonyi I believe will break this 800 record. As scary as that sounds. I thought this would live forever but Wanyonyi looked great at the Kenyan trials.

[@yoten-tv5oc]

This Olympic showed that Rudishas Record will be broken soon!

[@Trizzer89]

He broke 1:50 in high school? Dangggggg.

[@mduduzigama5534]

Emmanuel Wanyonyi enters the chat 😍

[@Thatoneeditorv2]

Most elite athletes don’t want to go through that pain

[@UnleashedTraining101]

You’ll see specialisation in some athletes, such as Ben Johnson and Nesta Carter. Nesta did have some decent 200m times, but nothing spectacular. He was geared towards 100m due to a stocky and powerful build. But you’re right in most cases. For example, most marathon champions were already masters at 10,000m down to 5000m before they table the marathon. Gebrselassie for example.

[@Slowfeetdonteat1663]

hearing mediocre marks for Rudisha when my Pr is 1:45.37 hurts hahaha just shows how elite 1:41 and under was.

[@dhktv03]

Nice vid

[@arcieplays9040]

Speedrun

[@darthsilversith667]

💉💉

[@wisforwinner]

Speedrun

[@prospektarty1513]

Rudisha’sv2012 World record breaking 800 metres final has to be the greatest athletic race of all time in any running event and competition. It is the most perfect, most amazing and most beautiful race ever seen on an athletics track whether you watched it live or on TV doesn’t matter it was so surreal that it felt as if time and space were suspended from the beginning when Rudisha led the race to the last man Britains Osagie to cross the line all runners in that race had achieved a life time best, National records and an unbelievably fantastic world record that would remain etched in everyone’s memory of that magical night. I can still picture the race in my head as it started and everyone holding their breath I awe of Rudisha’s beautifully executed running style, like a delicate ballet dancer floating through the air from the gun’s blast to the finish line. I can’t even remember Usain Bolt’s world record breaking 100metres final and am not a fan of the 800 metres cos it’s such a tough and unforgiving race. But David Rudisha, made it appear so beautiful and so magical for everyone watching that night

[@AtheMavuso]

Big up to Nigel Amos for being the only competition for this warrior....

[@nrs8043]

Why is this video just a blur?

[@landoblu]

Wht became of him?

[@anthonyharty4323]

👏👏

[@detstarstopmotion4257]

6:00 this is in the netherlands, but great video apart from that

[@colmpatrick]

AT THEIR BEST..Kiopkiter..coe..cruz... what a. Race that would be

[@fuckyoutubengoogle2]

The intentional blurring is really annoying. Don't think I'll watch anymore of these.

[@RunnerBoi]

Pay off NBC sports for me, and I'll reconsider my options lol

[@RyanGalSki]

Meanwhile I struggle to get beneath 1:56 lol

[@jacobmeadows1064]

This is like crouser in the shot

[@rabinrasaili7499]

✝️🙏2:13

[@mistermyself1128]

There is no way to run the 800 like this and he doesn't have a 44 or better 400 or a 3:50 or so mile

[@ryancaldwell2306]

Bro just casually broke 1:50 in his first 800 race…wth

[@cvspvr]

but then, -hefest- rudisha got this run

[@mrichards55]

To know that Seb Coe held this world record for 16 years is insanity. I never quite trusted Wilson Kipketer. David Rudisha is the true middle distance sprinter though 👍

[@Om-mw5lb]

Both Wilson Kipketer and David Rudisha were products of St. Patrick's High School, Iten.

[@michaelmooney7341]

He just disappeared.. Don't trust super human times

[@robinbauer1975]

wilson kipketer is the goat in my books the imrpovement from 1:41;75 to 1:41:11 is much greater than from david. he aswell had a smoother stride and got 3 world outdoor championship titles. he aswell dominated 800 indoors something david never did, and he stills holds the indoor WR

[@wesleytwiggs7687]

I think David could’ve done it if he cared. Nobody really cares about indoor.

[@zolaeight7574]

Your books are wrong

[@austintunoi1209]

You're just bitter. Your comment doesn't even make any sense. Someone can sense envy in it

[@prospektarty1513]

It doesn’t matter if David won other races or indoors his 800metres world record in 2012 is considered the worlds greatest track race of all time, it was pure perfection and poetry in motion by Rudisha and all of the runners from first to last everyone in that race would have held the world record I’d they had run those times in the past. He created magic that night and none of those runner’s including Rudisha would ever achieve a feat like that again. It was simply the greatest world record race of any kind to witness and that’s why he is so special and what he will be rembered for even if he under achieved afterwards. Hats the mark of a great once in a lifetime champion and world record holder like Usain Bolt and Rudisha. Usain Bolt single handededly made track and field athletics a glamorous and popular sport after all the drug saddled Russian, East German, Chinese and Czech athletes and the 90s Americans had brought the sport into disrepute and made every world record up till end of the 20th century a nightmare of a drugs cheating joke. No 20th century athletics world record stilll standing or even in the past can be taken seriously as everyone was fuelled by doping agents, from Carl Lewis, to Flo Jo to Marion jones, linford Christie, , Kratchilova, Heineken Drechsler and all the ova’s that ever came out of Eastern Europe from Bulgaria to Russia. The whole of the 20th century sport was a drugs cheaters paradise.

[@prospektarty1513]

It doesn’t matter if David won other races or indoors his 800metres world record in 2012 is considered the worlds greatest track race of all time, it was pure perfection and poetry in motion by Rudisha and all of the runners from first to last everyone in that race would have held the world record I’d they had run those times in the past. He created magic that night and none of those runner’s including Rudisha would ever achieve a feat like that again. It was simply the greatest world record race of any kind to witness and that’s why he is so special and what he will be rembered for even if he under achieved afterwards. Hats the mark of a great once in a lifetime champion and world record holder like Usain Bolt and Rudisha. Usain Bolt single handededly made track and field athletics a glamorous and popular sport after all the drug saddled Russian, East German, Chinese and Czech athletes and the 90s Americans had brought the sport into disrepute and made every world record up till end of the 20th century a nightmare of a drugs cheating joke. No 20th century athletics world record stilll standing or even in the past can be taken seriously as everyone was fuelled by doping agents, from Carl Lewis, to Flo Jo to Marion jones, linford Christie, , Kratchilova, Heineken Drechsler and all the ova’s that ever came out of Eastern Europe from Bulgaria to Russia. The whole of the 20th century sport was a drugs cheaters paradise.

[@cliffkennell3854]

Definitely one of the best ever. It was sad to see him start doping to get the world record and then the aftermath that followed. But sadly this is the Kenyan way. The athletes are taken advantage of by so many agent's and coaches.

[@thomasmiller28]

Stop making stuff up on KZbin 😂 weirdo

[@foobar8813]

What do you mean?

[@jakebailey6285]

@@foobar8813 Allegations of doping are standard posts in KZbin comments involving Black Athletes. Somebody is always bound to make a slanderous, completely baseless and completely racist allegation about doping. It's just a racist tactic they employ because they hate to admit that Black people can be good at anything.

[@Concerned_Kenyan]

@@jakebailey6285 completely off the topic. we are talking abut a kenyan specifically not a black person

[@foobar8813]

@@jakebailey6285 Not really racism; the white Russians have also been implicated in doping. I personally believe every top level athlete in every sport is doping or has doped. It's just a necessary evil at this stage, but I don't really blame them. I think it's naive to think otherwise.

[@BurritoBTW]

Rudisha is cracked, but the 800 still sucks in my opinion, its too much pain

[@7upox592]

The 800 is a fantastic race, you just have to meet the specific demands of it

[@wisforwinner]

The sprinters don’t have the strength

[@BurritoBTW]

@wisforwinner I kinda suck at sprinting. My 200 is like 27 and 100 is 13 compared to 11:20 in the 32(My favorite event). When I do the 800, I cant kick because my legs always feel too stiff. But for some reason anything shorter/longer Im able to

[@BurritoBTW]

@@7upox592 Yeah 400pr for 2 laps

[@wisforwinner]

@@BurritoBTW I’m tired of hearing that a 12 second or 13 second 100m is slow because it’s just not. slow is anything that doesn’t break 14

[@gaudyfurball5811]

14:08 nick symmonds jumpscare