Abraham Rotich

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Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich (born 26 June 1993) is a Kenyan-born Bahraini middle-distance runner. Rotich won the 800 metres at the 2012 Diamond League meeting in Monaco.

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2012

Rotich opened his 2012 season at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting on 25 May, placing third in the 800 metres in 1:45.52. [1] He then improved to 1:44.46 in Rehlingen three days later; both times were inside the Olympic qualification standards. [1] [2] However, he only placed fourth at the 2012 Kenyan Olympic trials, [1] missing out on an Olympic berth as the top three were selected.

He then clocked a new personal best of 1:43.62 at Liège on 5 July. [1] [3] He improved further to 1:43.15 two days later at the Heusden-Zolder Night of Athletics, [4] breaking the Kenyan junior record previously held by 2011 World Youth Champion Leonard Kosencha. [1] Only two other athletes had run faster in 2012. [4] Nevertheless, Rotich said he wasn't satisfied with the time. [4]

Rotich made his Diamond League debut on 20 July at Monaco. [1] He won the race in another new personal best of 1:43.13, beating Kosencha in a close finish. [5] [6] The field also included American Duane Solomon, who went on to place fourth at the Olympics three weeks later, [7] and Sudan's 2011 World Championship silver medallist Abubaker Kaki. [5] [8] Rotich made another Diamond League appearance four weeks later at the Stockholm DN Galan, placing third behind Mohammed Aman and Taoufik Makhloufi. [1] In his last race in 2012, he beat Olympic bronze medallist Timothy Kitum over 1000 metres at Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia. [1] [9]

Track & Field News ranked Rotich #6 in the world at 800 m. [10] [11]

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  2. ↑ "Olympic Qualifying Procedures for Athletics". The Daily Telegraph . 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Jelimo improves own world-leading 800m mark in Heusden-Zolder". GOLAZO. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Jelimo runs world leading time in Belgium". Kenyanstar. 9 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
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  6. ↑ "Watt takes second in Monaco". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Duane Solomon at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  8. ↑ "Monaco: Kiprop 3:28.88 and Aries Merritt 12.93 display Olympic credentials". All-Athletics. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
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  11. ↑ "Eugene: WR Holder Rudisha Comes to Pre". IAAF Diamond League. 15 April 2013. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
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