Double Olympic champion David Rudisha is unharmed after surviving a plane crash in his home country of Kenya.
Rudisha, who won gold in the 800m at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, was one of six people involved in a crash he described as a “scary episode”.
“All was well close to seven or eight minutes into the flight when the engine of the plane suddenly went quiet,” the 33-year-old told Kenya’s The Daily Nation.
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“He (the pilot) saw some clear space where he tried to land the plane, but one of its wings hit a tree as the plane started to spin before landing on the rocky field.
“The pilot did an incredible job to keep the plane afloat and stable for long.”
Rudisha also survived a car accident in Kenya in 2019 when a tyre burst and his SUV collided with a bus.
Rudisha clocked 1:40.91 in the 800m final at the 2012 London Olympics to set a world record that still stands.
The towering African produced a gun-to-tape victory widely seen as one of the greatest athletic performances in history.
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