( CNN ) -- Kenya 's David Lekuta Rudisha has broken the 13-year-old men 's 800 meter world record at Berlin 's Diamond League meeting on Sunday . Rudisha clocked a time of one minute 41.09 second to shave two hundredths of a second off the time set by compatriot Wilson Kipketer in August 1997 . 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 .
Kenya 's David Lekuta Rudisha sets a new world record in the men 's 800 meters . Rudisha clocks a time of one minute 41.09 seconds in Berlin on Sunday . His time shaved two hundredths of a second off the previous mark set by Wilson Kipketer . Women 's world 800m champion Caster Semenya won her third comeback race .