* Kenyan switched plans after rival 'took off like bullet' * First man since 1964 to retain Olympic title at 800m * Drug cheats to face full force of new Kenyan law By Mark Trevelyan RIO DE JANEIRO, ...

Olympic 800m gold medalist David Rudisha ran the fastest-ever 500m time at the Great North City Games in the UK. Rudisha who opened his lead early used his superior endurance to maintain his gap from ...

Rudisha smashed the world record to take gold in London four years ago and proved he is still the fastest man in the world over two laps in Rio. The elegant Kenyan was a class apart once again, ...

LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Kenyan David Rudisha's win in the 800 metres in a world record time was the "stand out performance" of the London Olympics, Games chairman and former record holder Seb Coe ...

Kenyan world 800m record holder David Rudisha escaped with minor injuries when his SUV crashed into a bus on Sunday after one of his tyres burst on the busy Nairobi-Kisumu highway. Police said the two ...

WORLD champion and world record holder David Rudisha produced a last-lap kick to become the first man in 52 years to defend the Olympic title. The two-time Olympic 1500m champion, who was the boss of ...

ELDORET, Kenya (AP) — So far, so good for David Rudisha at the Kenyan Olympic trials, but the notoriously tough competition dashed the hopes of one big name Thursday when 2012 London Games silver ...

Kenya's David Rudisha is a marvel to watch, not because he nearly always wins at 800 meters (40 of his past 41 races), but because he wins by so much. Rather than the usual blink-of-an-eye difference ...

Reigning world champion and 800-meter record holder David Rudisha will compete in the U.S. for the first time at the Adidas Grand Prix meet on June 9. These days, the 23-year-old Kenyan is the ...