0:00:04 > 0:00:06An illustrious group of men to contest this 800m.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08It's packed full of young talent.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19On your marks.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29My father was an athlete.
0:00:31 > 0:00:36He won silver medal in Mexico 1968.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39I was being motivated by that medal that one day
0:00:39 > 0:00:41I want to be like my father.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46And they're sucked in to going with him down the back straight.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48That's really, really quick.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Rudisha looked at me when I said 60. Is this guy correct?
0:00:57 > 0:01:01This guy is expecting miracles.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05David Rudisha striding away, how quick will it be?
0:01:07 > 0:01:09That's a world record.
0:01:09 > 0:01:15Unbelievable. All on his own gun to tape.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19What a privilege to be here.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30MUSIC PLAYS
0:01:47 > 0:01:52Even in the whole country people know about St Patrick's in sports
0:01:52 > 0:01:57and athletics and the person who is behind this is Brother Colm.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01I knew if I ever get the opportunity to train with Brother Colm,
0:02:01 > 0:02:05probably my dream will come true.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09On the surface St Patrick's is a perfectly normal school that
0:02:09 > 0:02:11enrols mostly local boys.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Under the surface there's something rather special about it.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Everything about a sprinter must point forward.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21I do spend a lot of time with the athletes.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26Both as a teacher now as a headmaster and then as a coach.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29The athletes here at St Patrick's are all boarding
0:02:29 > 0:02:31so we see them 24 hours a day.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36I do get to see them in many situations
0:02:36 > 0:02:38and in many ways with the result that I get to see them
0:02:38 > 0:02:43not just as athletes, but as students as human beings,
0:02:43 > 0:02:47as people with potential in many areas not just athletics.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43This guy's new. David Rudisha. Born in 1988.
0:03:43 > 0:03:4823 for 200 metres and 48.1 in 400.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57This is what I was looking for and this is where I think my dream
0:03:57 > 0:03:58was lying.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09I was a little bit shy to be in the first place for the first time.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12You don't know who I was going to meet
0:04:12 > 0:04:17and the only one from the Masai community.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20I was so far from this place.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27They all come from rural, peasant farming backgrounds.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Many of their parents would be living at subsistence level.
0:04:32 > 0:04:38Small farmers making a living off a few acres of land.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43This particular programme is not just going to develop athletic talent,
0:04:43 > 0:04:50but help their personality and character give them a better future for their sons and daughters.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Welcome to all of you. I'm very happy to be back.
0:04:54 > 0:05:00I've been in Europe for four weeks, it's very cold in Europe, very cold.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04So to come back to Kenya is very nice.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07This is my home. So I'm very happy to be back.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08APPLAUSE
0:05:10 > 0:05:13That is the first time I saw Brother Colm.
0:05:13 > 0:05:20I didn't get an opportunity to come close to him because I saw him from a distance but I asked
0:05:20 > 0:05:25someone and they told me it's the coach who trains at St Patrick's.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30So I would like to welcome all of you but especially all of those
0:05:30 > 0:05:33who've joined our camp recently because you're special to us.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38We take care of you in a special way and you mean something to us.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40You are important to us, all of you.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44And we try our best to help you to become a success.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50But you also learn as a young athlete that success doesn't
0:05:50 > 0:05:52come easily.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Athletics is tough to make it.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59So we hope the training will go very well.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02And we look forward to working with you. Thank you and welcome.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08I came out to be a missionary in Kenya, to help young people.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13When somebody sees a missionary coaching athletes
0:06:13 > 0:06:17they might think that's not missionary work.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Somebody else can do that.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22But you can say that about any missionary work.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24It can always be left to somebody else.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27You believe God has called you.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31I believe God has called me to the lifestyle I live.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02I wanted to do my best all the time.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07If I don't do what I'm required to do I might be locked out next time.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12For the first time everything was hard.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13There was nothing easy.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18Early in the morning at six and ten they start another programme
0:07:18 > 0:07:22and in the evening exercises and drill and all this.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24I found it very difficult.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28There is no shortcut. Training, training, training.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30You must train.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47That's how you make athletes!
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Practically all the athletes would come from a Christian background.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57They would all be church going and we encourage them.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02We talk to them during their time in camp about going to church.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Their faith is important for character building
0:08:06 > 0:08:10even your ability to commit yourself to your work.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19I make a special effort to make sure that any talented young person
0:08:19 > 0:08:22coming through from primary school from my programme gets
0:08:22 > 0:08:25a place in secondary school.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29I looked at your report. I looked at your results.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Were you happy yourself? - Yeah.- I see
0:08:32 > 0:08:37Biology A, Chemistry A, even computer.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41We are happy that you got a place and that you are doing well
0:08:41 > 0:08:45and we will continue to support you.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48OK? Good. We wish you success.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49- Good.- Thank you.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58This is like opening up the gates of heaven!
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Back at home I was running barefoot,
0:09:02 > 0:09:04barefoot on the dirt track.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10And that is when I knew that to do well, I knew I had to get the spike.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17You'd better be born with the right-sized feet
0:09:17 > 0:09:19when you come to Colm's camp.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Rudisha, we hope you'll be as good as your dad in 400!
0:09:28 > 0:09:34What is his PB, for your father 44-something.
0:09:34 > 0:09:3645, maybe even 44. You ask him.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40I think it is 44.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54When we came to Kamariny that was the first time I saw the dirt track.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58I'd improved a lot.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02I knew if my improvement can be seen then I'm going to be
0:10:02 > 0:10:06closer and closer to Brother Colm.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Which athletes have you got your eye on?
0:10:09 > 0:10:13A few of them. There's a guy here called David Rudisha,
0:10:13 > 0:10:18he's a 400m potentially 800m.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Oh, see, this guy.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Brother Colm told me you can do well in 800m.
0:10:28 > 0:10:34But it was kind of like, OK, I admit, but not really.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37I was like, "Me I'm a 400m guy."
0:10:38 > 0:10:43I like 400m, my father was a 400m and I think 400m is good for me.
0:10:43 > 0:10:50Have you all registered? Eh? Are we starting with 800 or 15?
0:10:50 > 0:10:56I asked is there a 200, 400m, but they say there's no lanes.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04800! 800!
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Boys, boys, boys! You are how many, 12?
0:11:10 > 0:11:11I didn't go
0:11:11 > 0:11:18to register myself in that race because I didn't want to run 800m.
0:11:18 > 0:11:221, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11...
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Who is not here?
0:11:24 > 0:11:28I had to tell the coach, "OK my name is not there."
0:11:28 > 0:11:32David Rudisha, good.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37So this is part of the intervals and it is a trial.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39So you have to finish the race.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41In my mind I was like,
0:11:41 > 0:11:47"OK, I am going to run 400m and see how it goes."
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I wasn't that confident, just started from behind.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21At that time when we were crossing the bell I was in three.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Then position two.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Maybe I can defeat this guy.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43I passed him in almost the last 100 metres.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48It was a great time, 1.50.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Very good Rudisha.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01BROTHER COLM SPITS
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Even the flies are getting excited.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10You could see that the performance was not very polished,
0:13:10 > 0:13:13but at the same time it was the beginnings.
0:13:13 > 0:13:14It was a sign.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Japheth Kimutai, a great 800m runner in his own right
0:13:19 > 0:13:23was on the lookout for any emerging talent.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28A special thing will come out of Rudisha.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36We'd talked about finding a great Kenyan 800m runner.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39The next Billy Konchellah or the next Wilson Kipketer.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Japheth's response was, "JT, you're going to be happy.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45"We've found the guy.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47"We've found the guy we've been looking for."
0:13:48 > 0:13:52I'm going to make a special request to you
0:13:52 > 0:13:54and give you a special piece of advice.
0:13:55 > 0:14:01Decisions you make now about your life as an athlete may affect
0:14:01 > 0:14:04how successful you're going to be.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Any decision you're going to make,
0:14:07 > 0:14:12think about it carefully before you make it.
0:14:12 > 0:14:19Many of our young athletes never make it to senior level.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20We have 50 athletes here.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Only about ten of you might become successful seniors.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33It is not how good your legs are, it is how good your head is.
0:14:36 > 0:14:43Everyone will want you, everyone will try to look for your attention
0:14:43 > 0:14:46when you're winning, a winner.
0:14:47 > 0:14:52But the day you lose? Bye-bye, they don't want to see you any more.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55They day you start losing they don't want to see you.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59So be careful about that in athletics
0:14:59 > 0:15:03because some days you're going to win, some days you're going to lose.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10For many of you maybe 2008, 2012,
0:15:10 > 0:15:14you might even be Olympians.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Where will you be in 2012?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23That's a big question for you now to answer.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26At the end of the camp now there was a lot of things
0:15:26 > 0:15:28that was going in my mind.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Because one is I have to be doing this programme.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Otherwise, if I stop it, maybe next time when I come
0:15:35 > 0:15:37I will even struggle more and more.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52'I was used to the people here in the camp,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54'the training was going well.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59'And now I'm going back home, it was another difficult challenge.'
0:16:23 > 0:16:26It was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be a world without end.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Amen.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32Thank you.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Rudisha, we will see you when you're organised.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40You come, and we are there.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Rome was not built in one day.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46You cannot make an athlete in one day.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49So we wish you success and a safe journey.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52And you greet everybody. You are carrying our blessings with you.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Thank you very much. God bless.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56APPLAUSE
0:17:26 > 0:17:30When I came in 1976, there was no tarmac road,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33there was no electricity, there was no telephone.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35You know, it was a pretty isolated place.
0:17:38 > 0:17:44Athletics happened to come along and be my medium of expressing
0:17:44 > 0:17:46my passion in working with young people.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Anything I learned in the early stages was from the youngsters,
0:17:51 > 0:17:52watching them training.
0:17:52 > 0:17:58So my early coaching experience was very basic and very simple.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02All the equipment here you can see here is used locally
0:18:02 > 0:18:03and made locally.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Here, for example, we have one of our weights,
0:18:07 > 0:18:11made out of a paint tin, filled with concrete.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Colm, I'm sure, he never ran a race in his life.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17WHISTLE BLOWS
0:18:17 > 0:18:19I would say he never even participated in...
0:18:19 > 0:18:21in a sports day in his school.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23WHISTLE BLOWS
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Spread out around here.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27But when I met him here first,
0:18:27 > 0:18:30he was even then engrossed in athletics.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Six, seven, eight...
0:18:34 > 0:18:35'I was really somebody
0:18:35 > 0:18:38'coming into a situation where I had no experience.'
0:18:38 > 0:18:40OK, 7.6.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41HE BLOWS WHISTLE
0:18:41 > 0:18:43'But I did come into a school
0:18:43 > 0:18:48'and to an area which was living off the tradition
0:18:48 > 0:18:54'and the role models that they all talked about from 1960s and 1972,
0:18:54 > 0:18:57'like Kipchoge Keino or Daniel Rudisha.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01'so I kind of came in in the shadow of that.'
0:19:01 > 0:19:03CHEERING
0:19:13 > 0:19:15We were retiring.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Our age profile is going up.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Colm is on his own now in terms of the school.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33If Colm were to retire from what he's doing
0:19:33 > 0:19:36and really cut all ties with the school...
0:19:38 > 0:19:42..it would be the end of, um, athletics there.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44That may be keeping him in what he's doing.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Dear Mr Rudisha, we thank you
0:19:54 > 0:19:58for allowing David to be with us during the holidays.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00He has been training here since April 4th.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04We see that he has made good progress.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06David can be successful
0:20:06 > 0:20:10if he keeps his mind on his school work and training.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12We will continue to support David
0:20:12 > 0:20:17in his training and in his efforts to become a successful athlete.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21And we are sure that you, too, are working hard for his success.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41We also appreciate your own contribution to Kenyan athletics,
0:20:41 > 0:20:43being an Olympic medallist yourself.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47One day, David may also be one,
0:20:47 > 0:20:51but the decision he makes now will affect his future.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Thank you and best wishes.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57There was a lot of things that was going in my mind,
0:20:57 > 0:20:59because, when I went back home,
0:20:59 > 0:21:02I just knew that it's going to be very difficult back there.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04The school at that time,
0:21:04 > 0:21:08they really don't understand much about athletics and sport,
0:21:08 > 0:21:10because we don't have coaches and all this stuff.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15I decided, you know, to try to find a way.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19When I talked to Brother Colm, of course, I told him,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22"You know, I don't think it's the best thing
0:21:22 > 0:21:24"to continue staying back in Kilgoris.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28"So I wish to join the side."
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- TEACHER:- The matrix of transformation...
0:22:06 > 0:22:08- INTERVIEWER: - Do you miss your family?
0:22:08 > 0:22:14Yeah, I miss. But, you know, sometimes we communicate.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19My dream is to make the Olympic but it is not guaranteed.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21It is a must,
0:22:21 > 0:22:28so it is just a matter of praying God and working hard
0:22:28 > 0:22:30and to see that we achieve the best.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46- Do you have a passport? - A birth certificate.- Oh.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Before Friday.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58HE WHISTLES
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Ayah!
0:23:00 > 0:23:02But he will make it.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04- Will you make it?- Yeah.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06That was the first time aboard a plane.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19We flew from Nairobi to Qatar,
0:23:19 > 0:23:21from Qatar to Beijing.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24I'd say, "OK, this is another opportunity."
0:23:24 > 0:23:26STARTING PISTOL
0:23:28 > 0:23:30'Those guys really scared me.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32This was going to be suicide! HE CHUCKLES
0:23:41 > 0:23:43I didn't believe I've won it.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46I didn't believe. It was just like...
0:23:46 > 0:23:47No, I didn't believe it.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54I had a lot of athletes previously
0:23:54 > 0:23:56who had gone through my youth programme
0:23:56 > 0:23:57and then gone on later
0:23:57 > 0:24:00to become very successful senior professional athletes.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04But I was never part of the story.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07"Where do I go from here now? He's World Junior Champion."
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Normally when people win a world youth or world title,
0:24:10 > 0:24:12they move away from my programme.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15I'm not sure what David's going to do -
0:24:15 > 0:24:18does he feel that he's comfortable where he is?
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Or does he have bigger ideas? Or should he be somewhere else?
0:24:33 > 0:24:36You know, Brother Colm, I was happy to join him.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38And that was my dream when I was young.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43And now that I'm with him, why shall I change to go to somebody else?
0:24:43 > 0:24:45I have that belief in him.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49He's the one who is going to make me become a great athlete.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00From a mission, religious point of view...
0:25:01 > 0:25:04..in a sense I was being asked to step out a little bit,
0:25:04 > 0:25:08out of my environment of being... dealing with youth
0:25:08 > 0:25:13and helping young people and all the other aspects you might consider
0:25:13 > 0:25:15from my role as a missionary.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17I was now going to place emphasis
0:25:17 > 0:25:20on the more worldly aspects of a person's life,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23which is make money, make a career.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26So, in that sense, I was moving out to the margins,
0:25:26 > 0:25:29out to the fringes of my missionary work.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31THEY LAUGH
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Rudisha, I think he's growing. He looks...
0:25:36 > 0:25:38DAVID LAUGHS
0:25:38 > 0:25:41I think it's the water, is it?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Or the forest or something that's making you grow.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45'I think I felt,'
0:25:45 > 0:25:49"Let's go for it, let's take it on."
0:25:49 > 0:25:50BROTHER COLM CHUCKLES
0:25:50 > 0:25:52I don't know what to do.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54I have to get a bigger car!
0:26:04 > 0:26:06The Stadium Of Light!
0:26:07 > 0:26:08HE CHUCKLES
0:26:08 > 0:26:13'The toughest journey that any coach will embark upon with an athlete
0:26:13 > 0:26:17'is in their late teen years. It's that transition'
0:26:17 > 0:26:20from being a junior athlete into a senior athlete.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Very few make it. Very, very few make it.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29The trials are the first weekend of July.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33That would be his first senior representation of Kenya.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Of course, Beijing has been a happy city for him,
0:26:35 > 0:26:39he's already won the World Juniors in Beijing. So it's not...
0:26:39 > 0:26:42You know, it may be a happy hunting ground.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Hopefully. Keeping our fingers crossed.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50Moving up from being a great junior into the senior ranks
0:26:50 > 0:26:55can often be a jump that people don't make very well.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58So the danger is you either push people too fast
0:26:58 > 0:27:01or we hold them back too much.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03I'm just watching your movement,
0:27:03 > 0:27:07your relaxation, just nice and easy.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11But we are still looking at about, er...um...
0:27:11 > 0:27:13two minutes, let's say. 60, 60.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Not too slow, just a nice pace.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Because unless I push you a little bit,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20I'll not see how you are under pressure.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23So you should be passing here in about 60 or so.
0:27:23 > 0:27:2460?
0:27:24 > 0:27:2760, 61, 62...
0:27:28 > 0:27:30That'll be very hard!
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Too high?
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Maybe 6...
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- 64?- A bit longer than that, maybe.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- 66?- 64.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40It's OK, I'm not pushing you. But, at the same time,
0:27:40 > 0:27:44I just want to see you moving nicely, just to see how you do move.
0:27:44 > 0:27:45Well, yeah. 64, 66.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Maybe 60 is a bit too ambitious for the first stage.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53But don't worry too much. It's not a panic if you don't...
0:27:53 > 0:27:54I'm not worried.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56It's more just watching more how you actually run.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58HE BLOWS WHISTLE
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Maybe he's right... 60 was a bit too ambitious.
0:28:07 > 0:28:1060 for a first run is a bit cracking.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12But it should be well within his capability
0:28:12 > 0:28:15but not, maybe, at this stage.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Maybe I frightened him a bit when I said 60.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21He was wondering, "Has this guy cracked?
0:28:21 > 0:28:24"This guy is expecting miracles."
0:28:31 > 0:28:32Ah, yeah, 64. So he's OK.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35I didn't even call it to him so I don't worry him.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Hey! Go easy! It's not a competition!
0:28:42 > 0:28:43Be tranquil!
0:28:45 > 0:28:49It's not a competition! It's not a competition!
0:28:49 > 0:28:50Go tranquil!
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Now it's 40.5
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Try to understand what is training! OK?
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Between 49 and 40 - in the middle!
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Just from watching the others there,
0:29:00 > 0:29:03you probably can't help avoiding different coaching methods!
0:29:03 > 0:29:05HE CHUCKLES
0:29:05 > 0:29:09You know? And, of course, every coach has their own approach.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17STOPWATCH BEEPS
0:29:17 > 0:29:20A little bit too fast, Rudisha. Take it easier.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26I'm hoping for the Olympic Games.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28I'm really focused.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33I just want to be there, even if I don't win, you know?
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Just to feel the championships, you know?
0:29:44 > 0:29:49Good evening, it's nine o'clock. The headlines here on BBC News 24.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53More than 120 people have been killed in clashes in Kenya.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57Police have warned people to stay in their homes or risk being shot.
0:29:57 > 0:29:58GUNSHOTS
0:29:59 > 0:30:03A tense standoff as police try to separate rival gangs.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08Brandishing machetes and clubs Kikuyus, the president's tribe,
0:30:08 > 0:30:12try to provoke rivals from other ethnic groups.
0:30:12 > 0:30:18These gangs are roaming around. Nobody knows where they originate from.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22They seem to gather momentum as they go along and they're really hurting
0:30:22 > 0:30:27a lot of people indiscriminately as far as I can see.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32When there is any violence anywhere it affects almost everybody.
0:30:32 > 0:30:38I was here with Brother Colm in the camp and it was a very
0:30:38 > 0:30:42difficult time. Even food was becoming a problem
0:30:42 > 0:30:47because no cars moving around and violence was going on and on.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51Political tensions have now spilt over into tribal rivalries.
0:30:53 > 0:30:58Seeing houses burnt, churches, schools being burnt, people hacked to death.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Now if that's not ethnic cleansing I don't know what is.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20Nobody knew who was going to be targeted next.
0:31:33 > 0:31:38On the 1st and 2nd was when we knew he was also murdered,
0:31:38 > 0:31:40in the violence.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48A few weeks later we went to his burial at his home.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54He was a great friend.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56And he used to encourage me
0:31:56 > 0:32:02because he was more like an 800m and we all have the same connection.
0:32:16 > 0:32:21'Having taught here and worked here for so long it kind of made me
0:32:21 > 0:32:26'stop and think. All the time and effort that has been invested'
0:32:26 > 0:32:27in education and in trying to
0:32:27 > 0:32:32get people to reason and be accepting and all these qualities
0:32:32 > 0:32:36you try to instil in, particularly the younger generations.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39It kind of flashes in front of your mind, you question it,
0:32:39 > 0:32:41did you really get through to all these youths?
0:32:50 > 0:32:52A lot of things going on were unreasonable.
0:32:52 > 0:32:53They didn't make sense to me.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Kenya has been set back a generation or
0:33:00 > 0:33:03two in terms of where we thought we'd reached.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11When it comes to dominance of a particular sport on the
0:33:11 > 0:33:16international stage, few nations can match the recent success of Kenya.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18After a period of unprecedented political unrest
0:33:18 > 0:33:22and bloodshed, that quest for Olympic gold carries added meaning.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30I think even the very fact that members of different tribes
0:33:30 > 0:33:32would form the national team
0:33:32 > 0:33:36and I'm sure even if you have a cross section of ethnic groups
0:33:36 > 0:33:40going to Beijing, to the world they will show that we can work together.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43When it comes to a common cause we can all unite.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50David Rudisha began his athletics career
0:33:50 > 0:33:51following in his father's footsteps.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55The Olympic silver was a strong goal.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59Rudisha wanted to go to the Olympics and win a medal for himself.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Over a couple of years his name started to crop up.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08A majestic run by David Rudisha.
0:34:08 > 0:34:09People like Seb Coe
0:34:09 > 0:34:13and I we always tease each other about who is going to come along
0:34:13 > 0:34:17and we were both saying this guy could make running 1.41 look easy.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Even as good as he was and as talented as he was,
0:34:22 > 0:34:24he was only going to get better.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32You're dealing with power, presence, size.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34HE LAUGHS
0:34:36 > 0:34:37GASPING
0:34:44 > 0:34:48Ah, this young man.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Now I have...
0:34:59 > 0:35:01I got an injury a few weeks ago.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05In the calf muscle in my left leg.
0:35:06 > 0:35:11I just ran the first 200 and then the muscle tore.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Do you still hope to make the Olympics?
0:35:14 > 0:35:19We are just praying for the, you know, the Olympic, it is
0:35:19 > 0:35:23tough, but we are just praying, but we will do our best to be there.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30STARTING GUN FIRES
0:35:34 > 0:35:35BELL DINGS
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Thank you, if you've just joined us,
0:35:40 > 0:35:44this was the first day of the 2008 National Olympic Trials...
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Injury is not just physically debilitating,
0:35:54 > 0:35:57it can sow the seeds of all sorts of mental doubts.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Am I going to be one of those athletes that is going to be
0:36:00 > 0:36:03consistently getting injured at the wrong moment?
0:36:03 > 0:36:07Am I going to be falling short of my potential simply
0:36:07 > 0:36:13because I don't have the physicality to deal with the training load?
0:36:13 > 0:36:14Rudisha is still young.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18The doctor advised that if he continues running in that
0:36:18 > 0:36:24situation he may injure himself or damage his tendon completely.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27It's better we keep him off the Olympics.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29He didn't expect that to happen.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38He didn't run again that season when he probably could have,
0:36:38 > 0:36:42two or three weeks after the trials, picked up his training.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44But that was it, he was devastated.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47It was a big blow to him.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53He'd sit and brood for a long time because he thought,
0:36:53 > 0:36:58"This is the only chance I'm ever going to get to run an Olympics."
0:36:58 > 0:37:00He had his own deep, deep questions.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Is this going to be the story of my life,
0:37:02 > 0:37:05is this how things are going to be or is it worth it?
0:37:08 > 0:37:10It's easy to be a coach when things are going well.
0:37:10 > 0:37:15But I think if somebody's there for them when they're very low.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17When it's hard to see a way forward.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20That's really when somebody needs you.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Everything has to develop slowly.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27So we have to take things slowly, pole, pole.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30In a sense I was a parent because David came to this side
0:37:30 > 0:37:32and left family and friends
0:37:32 > 0:37:34so there probably weren't too many adults he could turn to.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40Brother Colm isn't just a coach. He's more than a coach.
0:37:40 > 0:37:47He's also a mentor and he is also a counsellor.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51Even when you're disappointed, when you feel you're down,
0:37:51 > 0:37:54he knows how to approach.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57And he really encouraged me and told me this is not the end.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00It's not only just a physical fitness
0:38:00 > 0:38:05and injury free, it's also a mental focus you have to think about.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09You're still young, you're still somebody who has plenty time
0:38:09 > 0:38:11and really next year is what we're looking at.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18Good. Don't stand up too quick! I'm OK, you're not.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36So much anticipation and excitement.
0:38:36 > 0:38:391,800 athletes from over 200 nations.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Going to the World Championship, of course.
0:38:42 > 0:38:47Wow, it was my first big, major competition.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51This young man, I think, is a huge talent.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55David Rudisha is, I think, a brilliant 800m runner.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58He was ready.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02To finally get to a major championship was a great
0:39:02 > 0:39:04opportunity for him.
0:39:04 > 0:39:05STARTING GUN FIRES
0:39:12 > 0:39:16Pace was pretty good through that first 400, set by Pecanha
0:39:16 > 0:39:21then he's got Laalou and the tall striding Rudisha on the outside.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24You can't go in underprepared for an 800m
0:39:24 > 0:39:28because it is also the most unforgiving distance.
0:39:28 > 0:39:29Events unfold so quickly.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33And you are running effectively 80% of the distance
0:39:33 > 0:39:35without the ability to absorb enough oxygen.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39I have likened it to the "Killing Zone".
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Rudisha trying to come up on the outside,
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Lopez trying to get there, Reed trying to get there.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Rudisha is struggling, it's only the top two. Laalou has stolen this.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Rudisha's faltering at the end and Lopez gets the second spot.
0:39:56 > 0:40:001.45.28 and I think that is
0:40:00 > 0:40:03going to mean that only the top two will go through and that's it.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14It was a shock to us for him to not go to the final.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17It was a shock for him. A big shock.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Everybody was asking what is wrong with Rudisha now?
0:40:28 > 0:40:32When it comes to championships he gets injured.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34He's not a championship athlete.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40When you get a big setback like that then you always question
0:40:40 > 0:40:41yourself as a coach.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46You certainly rack your own brains.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Am I doing something wrong,
0:40:48 > 0:40:55is my athlete losing confidence in me? Is he suddenly realising
0:40:55 > 0:40:57I made a mistake?
0:40:57 > 0:41:01I should have gone elsewhere to another coach at senior level?
0:41:05 > 0:41:09God sometimes puts you to the sword and tests you.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13To see are you going to stay with it when things are not going well.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16I think you have to have belief that
0:41:16 > 0:41:19there's light at the end of the tunnel.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41I think he just turned over a new leaf and said, "This is it,
0:41:41 > 0:41:44"I'm never going to be caught like this again."
0:41:44 > 0:41:46I had to change my tactics.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52I knew I had the speed, as well.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59I thought, "Let me try this and run from the front and see how it goes."
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Sometimes you have to risk.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17The amount of times you see people out there in the arena change
0:42:17 > 0:42:19their plans at the last minute because all of a sudden it seems
0:42:19 > 0:42:23a little bit too daunting to go and take that on and the reason why
0:42:23 > 0:42:27people are fearful of it is because they've seen so many people fail.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31STARTING GUN FIRES
0:42:35 > 0:42:38You can't front run and go too hard because you're just throwing
0:42:38 > 0:42:40yourself to the field.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43You have to have incredible confidence
0:42:43 > 0:42:48and belief in yourself and the risks involved are huge.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52He's gone to the front here, Mulaudzi in second, Som in third.
0:42:52 > 0:42:57Symmonds trying to put the pressure on there. Look how he reacts.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00I was hungry, I need to do something.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02It's like when you go hunting
0:43:02 > 0:43:06don't lose hope. I was like a fighter.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09The last 100 I always tried to attack.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16Rudisha having to work hard this time.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19Reed is finishing quickly but he's not going to catch Rudisha.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22This man finishes the season as the world's best.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25He wins the World Athletics Final. 1.44.86.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31He kicked away at the end. Nobody could live with him.
0:43:32 > 0:43:37He came out in Zurich and destroyed everyone. Brussels, same thing.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40That's the way he ran his races from then on.
0:43:40 > 0:43:44He grew into realising that was his best way of operating.
0:43:44 > 0:43:48Stretched away here. There is Rudisha.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03Rudisha set two world records in a week for 800m.
0:44:11 > 0:44:15Rudisha's village became the talk of the town.
0:44:15 > 0:44:19As fans came to welcome the most celebrated athlete of the moment.
0:44:25 > 0:44:29Rudisha's wife Lizzy Naanyu was here too clad in Maasai regalia.
0:44:31 > 0:44:35The highlight of the day was the blessing of Rudisha as a Maasai warrior.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:44:40 > 0:44:42The question many are asking is can
0:44:42 > 0:44:47he sustain this performance as we look to the Worlds and Olympics?
0:44:57 > 0:45:01My main target was the 2012 Olympics.
0:45:08 > 0:45:12Preparing for that year, everything was just Olympic, Olympic, Olympic.
0:45:22 > 0:45:28When I was young I saw the silver medal from Olympic 1968 and I
0:45:28 > 0:45:32was admiring one time and wondering maybe one day I can get mine.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36I was being motivated by the medal that one day
0:45:36 > 0:45:39I want to be like my father.
0:45:39 > 0:45:40I want to run.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43I started running when I was very young.
0:45:45 > 0:45:50When I was going to school always running.
0:45:50 > 0:45:53No time for work, I just run everywhere.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25So there was an enormous amount of pressure on you, really?
0:46:25 > 0:46:32Tremendous. Country, family, Rudisha's community.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35Even the world of athletics.
0:46:35 > 0:46:37Would people have been satisfied with a silver or bronze?
0:46:37 > 0:46:40There were all these things going through my head.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51Glory be to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56When you see somebody running on a track,
0:46:56 > 0:46:58'somewhere in the back
0:46:58 > 0:47:03'of your mind you see this person expressing a God-given talent.'
0:47:03 > 0:47:10What has made them who they are and this is their way of expressing
0:47:10 > 0:47:14if you look at it gratitude or recognition of God in their life.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17ALL: We ask this of our Lord Jesus Christ
0:47:17 > 0:47:20your son. Who lives with you and the Holy Spirit, one God
0:47:20 > 0:47:22for ever and ever. Amen.
0:47:33 > 0:47:38You cannot begin to understand the mental and physical pressures,
0:47:38 > 0:47:40the enormity of the games.
0:47:42 > 0:47:47It's always been the one you have to win, the measure of your career.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50What gets talked about more than anything else.
0:48:00 > 0:48:06In those moments did you feel God's presence?
0:48:06 > 0:48:08I don't think I had much time to think about God.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15God got about 100 seconds off there.
0:48:18 > 0:48:23I had a dream of the gold medal.
0:48:23 > 0:48:24I was on a mission.
0:48:27 > 0:48:31The biggest pressure any athlete has to withstand is the internal
0:48:31 > 0:48:33pressure and it's the internal
0:48:33 > 0:48:36pressure of knowing you're going to an Olympic Games,
0:48:36 > 0:48:40genuinely with a chance of winning the biggest thing in sport.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55SHE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:48:58 > 0:49:05The only thing you can do is prepare yourself to be ready for the day
0:49:05 > 0:49:08and pray to God all is going to be well for you.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12On your marks.
0:49:17 > 0:49:18STARTING GUN FIRES
0:49:18 > 0:49:19CHEERING
0:49:31 > 0:49:32HEARTBEAT
0:49:46 > 0:49:48BELL DINGS
0:50:10 > 0:50:13And they're sucked into going with him down the back straight.
0:50:13 > 0:50:18Can they hang on? They're starting to fade. This is really quick.
0:50:18 > 0:50:22Through 600 in 74.3. Amos moves into second place.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24Kitum moves into third.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27Osagie trying to fight with Symmonds at the back.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29But it's all about Rudisha.
0:50:29 > 0:50:31Already the world record holder.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34Already the world champion.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37Striding away to become the Olympic champion.
0:50:37 > 0:50:39How quick will it be?
0:50:39 > 0:50:41Watch the clock. That's a world record.
0:50:45 > 0:50:49Unbelievable.
0:50:51 > 0:50:52Simply unbelievable.
0:50:55 > 0:50:59The greatest ever 800m race anyone...
0:51:01 > 0:51:02..has ever run,
0:51:02 > 0:51:06that I've ever seen, obviously. What a privilege to be here.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13All on his own, gun to tape.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27What a race. Incredible.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31It's the best 800m race of all time.
0:51:31 > 0:51:36It's arguably the best race ever seen in an Olympic stadium.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47Finally I could see the David I'd hoped for.
0:51:49 > 0:51:54This finally is the man who suddenly appeared.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57Somebody who can step up to challenges.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00Who has been through the disappointments.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02Who has gone through everything.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04Suddenly he has become a new man.
0:52:06 > 0:52:11He's the person who has jumped out of the little boy.
0:52:14 > 0:52:18To win the Olympics, it was something special for me.
0:52:18 > 0:52:23And it was something special for my family, as well.
0:52:23 > 0:52:28To add another Olympic medal into our family is very special.
0:52:29 > 0:52:34From father to the son is fantastic.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37I was very, very happy.
0:52:37 > 0:52:44And I felt like at least I have achieved one of the greatest things in my life.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47Not only my career, but in my life.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51CHEERING
0:53:05 > 0:53:07SHE SCREAMS
0:53:19 > 0:53:25This is now...another important medal.
0:53:28 > 0:53:33It's small but it's what inspired me to become an athlete.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35This is a silver medal.
0:53:37 > 0:53:41From the Olympics in 1968.
0:53:41 > 0:53:45We now have in the family two Olympic medals.
0:53:45 > 0:53:49One from Mexico 1968 from my father.
0:53:49 > 0:53:524x400m relay.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57Kenya won silver medal. It's something fantastic. I keep them together.
0:54:01 > 0:54:03Yes. Another medal.
0:54:03 > 0:54:04HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:54:08 > 0:54:10Wow, wow, wow!
0:54:10 > 0:54:11HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:54:34 > 0:54:39The Lord works in strange ways and he sends people to strange places.
0:54:39 > 0:54:43There is a saying we often have in our religious life, you bloom where you're planted.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48Wherever you are put, that's where you bloom.
0:55:05 > 0:55:09When I started there were just basically two schools.
0:55:09 > 0:55:13St Patrick's and Senghore who were the main centres
0:55:13 > 0:55:16and the only people you were seeing training were school kids
0:55:16 > 0:55:19running around the roads.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21So the impression people would have is
0:55:21 > 0:55:25athletics and running is for schoolboys, schoolgirls.
0:55:25 > 0:55:30Iten has become an important centre of athletic training.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33It has now become almost an industry.
0:55:33 > 0:55:38Because we now have athletes who are now professional.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41Athletes not just from Kenya but from overseas.
0:55:41 > 0:55:46People like agents, managers representatives of shoe companies,
0:55:46 > 0:55:53media and all that has become part of life in Iten.
0:55:53 > 0:55:56I could never believe that the programme we are
0:55:56 > 0:55:59putting in place, the tradition we are building up,
0:55:59 > 0:56:05the success story that's coming out of Iten would become
0:56:05 > 0:56:08a worldwide phenomenon in the world of athletics.
0:56:25 > 0:56:28Some of my younger media colleagues or not
0:56:28 > 0:56:34so well versed in the history of this sport say, "Who is this guy?
0:56:34 > 0:56:38"What does he do? Is he this great guru, this great coach?"
0:56:38 > 0:56:40I said, "He's just a lovely guy."
0:56:40 > 0:56:43A lovely man with passion for his sport.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46With lots of knowledge and he imparts to these
0:56:46 > 0:56:50great, talented youngsters. That's what you get.
0:56:50 > 0:56:54"There must be more to that. What's his secret?"
0:56:54 > 0:56:56Go and ask him.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59And many have and they come back scratching their heads.
0:57:00 > 0:57:01Everyone's after the secret.
0:57:01 > 0:57:05Pardon? There is no secret. There is none.
0:57:05 > 0:57:09Anyone can come here and watch, watch Edna Kiplagat in training.
0:57:09 > 0:57:12The secret is in the head, it's not in the legs.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14You won't see anything.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17It's the determination, the interest, the passion,
0:57:17 > 0:57:21the commitment, the focus, the dream.
0:57:21 > 0:57:24But these are not secrets.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27It's the same for any successful person in life who
0:57:27 > 0:57:31rises above the ordinary.
0:57:33 > 0:57:38It's not a secret, people would like to think maybe there's secret.
0:57:39 > 0:57:43It creates a bit of mystery that there's a secret.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46But, I don't see any Kenyan athlete doing secret training.
0:57:51 > 0:57:53Off to ground zero.
0:57:55 > 0:58:00'You never retire as a missionary, you never retire as a religious.
0:58:00 > 0:58:04'You don't say once I have achieved this I'm finished.
0:58:04 > 0:58:06'That's the ultimate. Everything is over.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08'You still have a role to play,'
0:58:08 > 0:58:10you still have a life to live,
0:58:10 > 0:58:11you still must get on with life.
0:58:13 > 0:58:15There is life after Olympic gold.