First track and field world record set at Olympics


August 9, 2012 at 4:42p.m.

First track and field world record set at Olympics

By The Associated Press

David Lekuta Rudisha of Kenya has set the first world record in a track and field event at the London Games.

Rudisha won the 800 meters in 1 minute, 40.91 seconds. That beat his own world record of 1:41.01, set in 2010.