Meet David Rudisha, Clare GAA player

Look out Cork – Clare have an Olympic medallist on their side for the hurling final replay.

Look out Cork – Clare have an Olympic medalist on their side for the hurling final replay.

David Rudisha – he of world-record Olympic fame in the 800m – showed his true colours while visiting Clare yesterday afternoon.

Rudisha was in Galway to promote the Galway-Kenya run for the Simon Community, and has a link to Ireland through Brother Colm O’Connell, his coach who began training young athletes while in Kenya as a missionary.

Morning - Have you Banner fever? Olympic 800m champion and world record holder, David Rudisha is backing Clare! pic.twitter.com/MKnZKqrqWT

— Clare FM (@ClareFM) September 18, 2013

Good news for Cork fans is that the lightning-fast Kenyan has a knee injury, and is out of action until December.