David Rudisha » Double Take of 2011 - Rudisha suffers first 800m defeat in Milano after 34 straight wins

Amman is actually 17 he comes from a wealthy background by their standards and has lived a privileged life in Ethiopia. At most even if they dont have legit birth certificates their real age is plus or minus 2 years from the age they use.

There is a huge difference between 17 and 25, unless your intention is to cheat you wouldn't claim to be 17 and why would they feel the need to cheat when they are that talented.

I feel sorry for that 'kid'. He's 17 and already has a receeding hairline...

17 going on 27... get over it.

A World Youth 800m record of 1:44.08 was set in Lille at the IAAF WYC 2011 (July). Unless it has been broken again since July, Amman's time is a new World Youth record.

David Rudisha seems like one of the true class acts of T&F. I wish him continued success. Congratulations also to Mohamed Amman.

kid ain't 17
idc how old he is 1:43 is fast if you're 28 in your prime, so I' m not trying to take that away from him
All I know is that in other countries birth cirtificates aren't important, I know this based off personal experience. I ran with a transfer guy who was believed to be 18 and when he beat me he said to me don't worry about it I am 23. My response was what're talking about, he said in his country that they didn't really have birth cirtificates so when he came to America they made him one, but he knew for a fact he was 23 years old. He said those things don't matter is his country. Now if you think about that it makes a lot of sense. Lagat is 39 years old and he claims that, how many other kenyan runners look lagats age but say they are 26? you do the math

Why think that Amman is 25? Rudisha is only like 21 or 22 and he's the world record holder and you're not giving him any sh*t. Eliud Kipchoge ran 12:52 and defeated El Guerrouj and Bekele and became world champion when he was 18, so why give Amman sh*t. He's a young talent! Give him some credit! He ran a great race. Props to Rudisha though, what a great sport! He's a great guy and this definitely relieves his "undefeated" pressure.

Mad respect for Rudisha! He took the loss with a lot of class... There is no way in hell that Amman is 17. At Youth and Junior events if you can't produce a valid birth certificate, you shouldn't be allowed to compete. Congrats to Amman either way he's quick, but don't go crazy thinking he's 17... 25 at best in my opinion.

No way that guy is 17... During his breaktrough last year they said he was 15, but nobody believed that so they changes his age up to 17... These africans don't have a clue when they're born... Or they're just cheating, beats me.

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