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.
abraham, rotich, abraham, kipchirchir, rotich, born, june, 1993, kenyan, born, bahraini, middle, distance, runner, rotich, metres, 2012, diamond, league, meeting, monaco, contents, career, 2012, references, external, linkscareer, edit2012, edit, rotich, opened. 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 Contents 1 Career 1 1 2012 2 References 3 External linksCareer edit2012 edit 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 Liege 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 Vahom Slovakia 1 9 Track amp Field News ranked Rotich 6 in the world at 800 m 10 11 References edit a b c d e f g h Abraham Rotich at Tilastopaja registration required Olympic Qualifying Procedures for Athletics The Daily Telegraph 15 April 2011 Archived from the original on 19 April 2011 Retrieved 5 June 2011 Jelimo improves own world leading 800m mark in Heusden Zolder GOLAZO Archived from the original on 29 June 2013 Retrieved 11 May 2013 a b c Jelimo runs world leading time in Belgium Kenyanstar 9 July 2012 Archived from the original on 2 July 2013 Retrieved 11 May 2013 a b Monti David 20 July 2012 Asbel Kiprop Makes World Leading 3 28 88 Look Easy in Monaco Flotrack Retrieved 11 May 2013 Watt takes second in Monaco Australian Broadcasting Corporation 21 July 2012 Retrieved 11 May 2013 Duane Solomon at Tilastopaja registration required Monaco Kiprop 3 28 88 and Aries Merritt 12 93 display Olympic credentials All Athletics 21 July 2012 Retrieved 11 May 2013 Carter very close with 10 01 AK Spartak Dubnica nad Vahom Archived from the original on 26 April 2013 Retrieved 11 May 2013 World Rankings Men s 800 PDF Track amp Field News Retrieved 11 May 2013 permanent dead link 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 External links editAbraham Kipchirchir Rotich at World Athletics nbsp Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich at Diamond League nbsp Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich at Olympedia nbsp Abraham Rotich at Tilastopaja registration required Abraham Rotich at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abraham Rotich amp oldid 1175686127, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
