LONDON (Reuters) - World 800 metres record holder David Rudisha said on Monday he was saddened and disappointed to have pulled out of the world athletics championships due to a quad muscle strain. Rudisha, reigning Olympic and world champion, is the first and only person to run under one minute 41 seconds for the 800m. Rudisha won his first 800m world title in Daegu in 2011, a year before his world-record performance at the Olympics in the same London Stadium where the world championships are being held. After suffering the injury, Rudisha said that the severity of the grade one strain was realised only when he went for an MRI scan on Monday. "I will still come back stronger and even challenge for the title in the next world championships."

Source: The Star July 31, 2017 15:19 UTC