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Former refugee Joseph Deng broke the Australian 800m record of 50 years at the Diamond League athletics competition in Monaco
Deng, 20, was seventh in 44.21 seconds Friday night (Saturday morning). AEST) in a red race won by Botswana Nijel Amos
The previous Australian record of 1: 44.40 was set by gold medalist Ralph Doubell at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and tied by Alex Rowe in Monaco 46 years old
"It's a great feeling," said Deng.
"My target arriving in the race was not the record, it was just for running fast."
"I knew it was going to be a fast race. (Coach Justin Rinaldi) said to stay in the top five, the top six and see what's going on.
" This is my last race of the season, so I'm done now.
"I'm back Deng was born in a Kenyan refugee camp in 1998 after his mother fled the brutal civil war in Sudan.
The family arrived in Queensland in 2004, Deng soon showing great promise as an athlete.
He was controversial to run the two-lap race at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in April, even though he did not qualify for the finals at tries but justified the selector's confidence by finishing seventh while Luke Mathews won the bronze medal.
Since the Gold Coast Games, Deng and his training partner Peter Bol – another Australian runner of middle-aged Sudanese – continue the 800m national record in Europe, Bol finishing ninth in 1: 46.64 in Monaco. [19659002] The new Deng brand means that the silver medalist Peter Norman Le 200m record of 20.06 seconds – also established at the Mexico Games – is now the oldest of the Australian book.
The most durable women's brand is Charlene Rendina's 800m in 1: 59.0 dating back to 1976.
Deng also broke the 1: 44.3 Oceania record of 1: 44.3 set by New Zealander Peter Snell in 1962.
The race in Monaco was the fourth time in 47 days that Deng had plunged below the 1:45 mark – more than any other Australian.
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