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Kenya's departure for the IAAF World Under-20 Championship in Tampere, Finland, suffered a slight setback yesterday as Japanese and Ethiopian riders conspired to win the top four positions in the tournament. the women's final of the 3000m. a fifth place finish of 9: 00.76 in a race completely dominated by the Asian champion Nozomi Tanaka. The other would be representative of Kenya Mercy Kirarei has not managed to run. Ethiopians Meselu Berhe and Tsige Gebreselama finished second and third to leave Kenya with only two gold medals won on the day of the opening of the championships.
Spare a short stint in the last lap where Ethiopian riders took the temporary Tanaka lead who started as a favorite and posting the only performance of less than nine minutes among the 19 riders exercised control.
She dominated the field after the 1000m in 3: 00.55 and in 6: 03.19 while she was leading with 2.000 meters. The only Kenyan, Yego, struggled with the intense pace and dragged the four race leaders as it became more and more obvious that Kenya would have a hard time getting on the podium.
Earlier, sensational sprinter Mary Moraa reserved another date with fate as she propelled into the women's 400m final today with a commendable performance of 52.98. . The Kenyan under-18 silver medalist finished second behind Australian Ella Connolly who led the race all-time, finishing in 52.78 seconds. Moraa will fight tonight for another world medal against solid ground including Hima Das favorites from India and Taylor Manson from the United States. Moraa recorded the fourth fastest time of the semifinal yesterday and needs to find extra energy to break into the medal category. She reacted to the slower shot of her sleeve, but she calmed down and finished vigorously from the fifth row.
In men, the only representative of Kenya, Laban Kiplangat, failed at the initial stage after a terrible morning outing.
The 19-year-old athlete, racing six alongside one of the championship favorites, Christopher Taylor of Jamaica, reacted to third place and took off quickly but was smothered midway, finishing fifth in 47.69. His performance in Tampere was slower than his personal best time of 46.46 seconds at qualifying in Nairobi, a repeat that would have taken him to the next stage.
In the women's 800m semi-finals, Jackline Wambui barely made the cut while Lydia Lagat failed to progress as she finished fourth in Round 2 with a time of 2 : 04.59. Wambui finished third in the first run, just outside the automatic qualifying, but his 2: 03.44 pushed him into the final as the second loser.
Ethiopia's Diribe Welteji and Fireweyni Hailu propelled at 2: 01.89 and 2: 01.96 Both heat up and head into the finals as clear favorites.
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