David Rudisha shaved two hundredths of a second off the men's world 800m world record in Berlin.
Rudisha clocked a time of one minute 41.09 second to shave two hundredths of a second off the time set by compatriot
The 21-year-old had gone close to breaking the record last month in Huesden- Zolder, Belgium, when he clocked 1:41.51, the second fastest time in history behind Kipketer.
"Now that I have run that time, I can say I have the ability to improve and go faster," Rudisha told reporters.
Meanwhile, in the women's 800m, world champion Caster Semenya continued her comeback with victory in a time a season's best time of one minute 59.90 seconds.
The 19-year-old South African -- returning to the scene of her world title victory last year -- was running for only the third time since being cleared to race again following gender tests.
"It feels good to be back in Berlin. My goal was to run under two minutes and I achieved that," Semenya told reporters. "This brought back memories of the 2009 final for me
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