Kyle Langford hopes competing against London 2012 Olympic gold medal winner David Rudisha at the Anniversary Games this weekend will help him seal a place at next month’s World Athletics Championships.

The 19-year-old will be taking on several of the world’s best middle distance runners at the Olympic Stadium and knows a time of 1.46.00 in the 800m will ensure he heads to Beijing next month.

Langford travels to east London in excellent form. He became the first junior since Steve Ovett to win the British 800m national title earlier this month and was victorious over the distance at the European Junior Championships on Sunday.

There is no time to revel in his latest achievement, however. His focus is now on making an impact in Stratford.

“I think it (competing at the Anniversary Games) will be one of the best experiences in my career so far,” he said.

“To run at the Olympic Stadium and on the track that London 2012 took place on is going to be incredible. I think it will be the last athletics event on the track as well because they are then going to replace it.

“I am going to be running against the best in the world and hopefully that will help me get the World Championship qualifying time I need.

“I am not going there expecting to win; I think my personal best is around five seconds slower than the top guys in the race.

“Hopefully though they will drag me around and help me get a good time on a fast track. And you never know, maybe the home crowd and the quality of the runners will help me surprise a few people.”

Langford, who is sponsored by MPS Security Systems, arrived back from the European Junior Championships on Monday afternoon.

His victory in Sweden was the latest indication of his undoubted talent, although it was far from an easy race following a strong challenge from Russian athlete Konstantin Tolokonnikov.

Langford said: “I was under the radar a bit despite winning the British national title; that wasn’t really spoken about to be honest.

“I thought I ran the race well. I was a little boxed in at one point so I had to wait before I really pushed on. I would have barged past people if I had to though.

“With about 50 metres to go I thought I was going to win. I was a little wary that the Russian (Tolokonnikov ) was going to catch me because he is incredibly strong at the end of races.

“But I had enough left in my legs to give it another kick and make sure I won. If I am honest I think I would have won by a bigger distance if I hadn’t been blocked in earlier in the race.

“But that isn’t really important. I’m very pleased to have won and it sets me up nicely for the Anniversary Games.”

Should Langford be unable to clinch at place at the World Championships he will switch the majority of his focus for the rest of the season to the 1500m.

“I haven’t raced over 1500m too much and, if I am honest, I want to win a few races over the distance,” he said. “I just want to keep racing and keep winning.”