At the beginning of the Samsung IAAF Diamond League (DL) season, the luminaries of the inaugural 14-meet circuit competition were hyped as Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell clashing over 100m.

The rest of the stellar athletes were supposed to fit in the supporters cast role. But tomorrow, the second final and last DL meet of the season in Brussels has a new top draw — step forward, David Rudisha.

With Bolt, the Jamaican 100m and 200m Olympics and world champion, record holder as well as highest paid athlete on planet crocked and out of the season together with his compatriot Powell, the DL finale in Brussels needed a headliner.

In Rudisha, who has shot to prominence this year and only last Sunday obliterated the world best with a jaw dropping 1:41.09 fits the bill.

His face-off with World Indoor titleholder, Sudan’s protege Abubaker Kaki Khamis is touted as the climax to the first ever DL that succeeded IAAF Golden League.