Trailblazing Korir shatters Anniversary Games MR

Kenya's Emmanuel Korir set a new personal best and meet record when winning the men's 800m race at the Müller Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium, London on Sunday.

Korir, the winner in Doha and Eugene, took the lead with 200m to go, to win in 1 minute and 42.05 seconds, breaking Olympic champion and world 800m record holder David Rudisha's meet record of 1: 42.91 set in 2011.

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Korir also erased his previous personal best of 1: 43.10 set in Monaco last year besides beating the World Lead time of 1: 42.14 set by Nijel Amos of Botswana when winning in Monaco on Friday.

"I am happy because that is a huge performance for me," said Korir. "

Korir edged out Clayton Murphy from USA to second place in 1: 43.12 as compatriot Wycliffe Kinyamal, who won in Shanghai and Rome, came in third in 1 : 43.12, losing to Murphy in a photo-finish.

Kinyamal's third place finishes his best personal 1: 43.91 when he won in Shanghai with a meet record.

Nijel was a pale shadow of the man who had won in Monaco 2 days ago, coming in fourth in 1: 43.29. "It's important to beat those guys because they're all really strong," said Korir, 23.

World and Commonwealth champion 5,000m Hellen Obiri might have finished third in the women's One Mile race but her time of 4: 16.15 was National record and personal best.

Obiri, fresh from winning women's 5,000m race in Rabat on July 13 in world lead 14: 21.75, lost the battle to World 1,500m silver medallist Sifan Hbadan from the Netherlands.

Hbadan won the race in a Diamond League, meet and record national time of 4: 14.71, relegating Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay to second place in 4: 16.14.