Career
He represented Sudan at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In February 2008 he ran a world leading 2:15.7 in the 1000 m indoors in Sweden. The previous record (1:4364) was set by Japheth Kimutai of Kenya in 1997.
The following month he entered the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics as the 800 m favourite.
Kaki finished 8th in the third semi-final for the 800 m and did not advance to the final at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the 2009 World Championships in Berlin he tripped in the semi-final, and did not complete the race.
Kaki retained his title at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships at the age of twenty, becoming only the second athlete after Paul Ereng to complete the feat in the men"s 800 m. In the outdoor season, he made his first appearance in the 2010 IAAF Diamond League in an 800 m match-up against David Rudisha.
Both runners defeated Sebastian Coe"s 31-year-old meeting record, but Kaki was not fast enough to beat Rudisha.
Kaki"s time of 1:42.23 was a new Sudanese record and, at the time, the fastest 800 m time ever recorded for a non-winning athlete. Since then he made the 800m final at the London 2012 Olympic Games where he finished 7th in 1.43.32 a Seasons Best performance. All Information taken from IAAF profile.
Key: † = National record.