- RIETI, Italy: Kenya's David Rudisha set a world record in the 800 meters for the second time in a week and Jamaica's Nesta Carter ran 9.78 seconds in the 100 meters at the Rieti Grand Prix on Sunday, tying American Tyson Gay for the fastest time this year.
Rudisha clocked 1 minute, 41.01 seconds in the two-lap race, shaving 0.08 seconds off his mark set last weekend in Berlin.
Helped by a tail wind of +0.9, Carter used a strong finishing kick to lead an extremely fast field, with seven of the eight entrants clocking 10 seconds flat or under.
In the 110 hurdles, David Oliver of the United States timed 13.01, far off Dayron Robles' world record of 12.87 but fast enough to shave 0.06 seconds off Colin Jackson's meet record set in 1994.