Even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and still power in the last 200, which is always the main part when the race is slow.

It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.

Even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and still power in the last 200, which is always the main part when the race is slow.

When I was a little boy, I always wanted to run. I loved competing with my friends.

Already in 2007 I thought I would be able to break the World record in the near future. That time Sammy Tangui was the pacemaker in Lausanne. I liked the way he was running. He is tall, he has a strong body and his stride is similar to mine. I told him in one of the coming years I would need him when I try to break the World record.

I realized I could run after finding out that my dad used to run and it gave me the morale that if he did it then maybe I could also run.

I was ready in 2008 for the Olympic Games but unfortunately I missed the Kenyan trials with a thigh injury. I watched those Olympics but it was tough to watch. But it was good in the end because a Kenyan, Wilfred Bungei, was the champion.