100 Seconds to Beat the World

Name: 100 Seconds to Beat the World
Director: Edward Sunderland
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-07-22
Duration: 56 min
Rating: 6.0

201456m

★ 6.0

Documentary

The story of Kenyan athlete David Rudisha, the greatest 800m runner the world has ever seen, and his unusual coach, the Irish Catholic missionary Brother Colm O'Connell.

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