David Rudisha when he won 800m gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London. [File]World 800m record holder David Rudisha was operated on yesterday to rectify a fractured ankle and will be out of competition for three months. “The surgery was carried out by Kenyan team doctor and orthopedic surgeon led by Dr. Victor Bargoria,” Boeting said yesterday in a statement. “Rudisha continued with exercises that wouldn’t cause further harm to his ankle but after a lack of improvement over the weekend, he underwent an examination and was diagnosed with an ankle fracture at St. Luke’s hospital in Eldoret,” Boeting said. According to his surgeon, it was a left ankle fracture (Supination External Rotation), which Dr. Victor Bargoria fixated with a 1/3rd tubular plate and 3.5mm screws.

Source: Standard Digital May 28, 2020 20:15 UTC