Athletics: Rudisha set for Doha return
The 25-year-old Kenyan world record holder twisted his knee in training in New York last May.
PARIS (AFP) - Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha will return after nearly a year out injured at the Diamond League meet in Doha on May 9, organisers said on Monday.
The 25-year-old Kenyan world record holder twisted his knee in training in New York last May, and could not defend his title at last year s world championships in Moscow.
It will the sixth time he has competed in the Qatar event which is the first in the 14-leg Diamond League calendar this season.
Organisers also confirmed a high jump duel between Russian Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov and local hope Mutaz Essa Barshim, the London Games bronze medallist.
Ukhov edged closer to Cuban Javier Sotomayor s world record 2.45m mark, with the Russian jumping 2.42m indoors this winter.
All eyes will be on Ethiopia s Genzebe Dibaba, who broke the world indoor records over 1500m and 3000m in February.
