Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati threatens David Rudisha’s world record yet again with grand performance in Monaco

Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati continue to show why he could be the man to break David Rudisha’s world record when he lowered his personal best yet again at the Monaco Dimond League on Friday.

Sedjati ran 1:41.46 to lower the 1:41.56 that he managed in Paris last week as he won the race by a large margin.

The race was billed as a battle between Sedjati, Frenchman Gabriel Tual and world champion Marco Arop of Canada but the two could not match the pace if the Algerian in Monaco when it mattered most.

Sedjati took command of the race in the final 200m and looked back to claim victory ahead of Spaniard Mohamed Attaoui (1:42.04) while Tual was third in 1:42.10 as Kenya’s Aaron Kemei finished fourth in 1:42.13.

Arop, meanwhile, faded to sixth place in 1:42.93 in what was a disappointing outing just over two weeks to the Paris Olympics.

It sets the stage for an epic battle at the Olympics where Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi will also be among the contenders for a gold medal while Rudisha’s 12-year record will be under huge threat.