Rudisha still relishing track glory after four-year athletics hiatus

A legend on the track with back-to-back Olympics gold medals in 800m and a standing world record in the two-lap race, David Rudisha is promising to do 'some running' soon. 

The athlete took to social media to announce an imminent return to the track following a successful surgery on Saturday 20 November. 

"(sic) I am glad that on Saturday 20th I had a successful surgery of removal of an implant on my left leg that has been there for the last one and half a year. At least i will be back soon doing some running!!!!," he wrote. 

Rudisha last raced competitively at the Bregyo Athletics Centre in Hungary in 2017 and since then a myriad of issues have kept him away from the spotlight. 

He suffered a quad muscle has gone through back problems, was involved in a car crash and had to undergo surgery for a broken ankle. All this combined to keep the 32-year old from going after a third Olympics title in Tokyo. 

It has been four years since he last raced but over the years, he has hinted at return. The two-time World Champion insists that he is not yet done. 

At the 2012 Olympics, Rudisha set the world record after clocking 1:40.91, leading from the break and towing six of the seven other finalists to personal bests.

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In 2013, Rudisha discovered a right knee injury while running in New York’s Central Park. He went more than one year between competitions, yet returned to win the 2015 World and 2016 Olympic titles, becoming the first repeat Olympic men’s 800m champ since New Zealand’s Peter Snell in 1964.