Rwanda: Rukundo Comes Short At Worlds

1 September 2011

RWANDA champion Sylvain Rukundo failed to qualify for next year's Olympic Games after clocking 13:58:92 in the heat stages of the tight 5000m race yesterday in Daegu, South Korea.

Rukundo finished in 15th position behind Ethiopia's Merga Imane who clocked 13:37.96 to qualify for the final event.

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