Amos beats Rudisha again, Merritt cruises home


Nijel Amos of Botswana celebrates winning the men's 800 metres event during the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich August 28, 2014. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

ZURICH (Reuters) - Botswana's Nijel Amos repeated his Commonwealth Games win over Olympic champion David Rudisha in the men's 800 metres at the Weltklasse meeting in Zurich on Thursday.

Amos surged down the home straight to win while Rudisha, who tried to attack from the back, did not have the legs to catch him and finished third after being caught by Djibouti's Ayanleh Souleiman.

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