Beaten Rudisha named in Kenya Olympic team


Athletics - Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Men's 800 meter trials - Eldoret, Kenya - 1/7/16 - David Rudisha prepares. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) - Olympic and world 800m champion David Rudisha scraped into the Kenyan team for the Rio Olympics after finishing third in the east African nation’s trials on Friday.

Rudisha, enduring a poor season, was passed on the final bend by youngster Ferguson Rotich and surprise winner Alfred Kipketer.

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