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Edward Zakayo, silver medalist in the 3000m under 18s, orchestrated the Kenya Under-20 Championships at Ratina Stadium yesterday.
Zakayo, who won the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast Australia last April, led Stanley Waithaka in the men's 5000m final, bringing the number of medals to five. 39, gold from Kenya. He beat Ethiopian rising star Solomon Barega in fourth place.
He won in 13: 20.13, Waithaka came back in 13: 20.57 while Jakob Ingebrigtsen finished third in 13: 20.78, a Norwegian record U20, his second medal of the championships after winning silver in the 1500m men earlier in the championships.
"I feel good about beating Barega and it was my mission here, I ran behind him before sprinting in the last 100 meters, I congratulate my team mate Waithaka, he kept our rivals in failure throughout the race, "Zakayo told Standard Sports.
Waithaka was pleased with Team Kenya's performance: "We really worked hard at training and we were well prepared for this race."
In the men's 800m semi-finals, Solomon Lekuta and Kipngetich Ngeno retained their place in the final today after finishing their respective rounds.
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Lekuta clocked a time of 1: 47.56 to beat Ethiopia's Adisu Girma, who clocked 1: 47.88 while Ngeno clocked a time of 1: 46.81 in the fastest time semi-finals.
On Friday night, Celliphine Chespol won Kenya's fourth gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase, with a time of 9: 12.78 becoming the first rider to defend the title of the U20 World Championships at Tampere, Finland.
Chespol's victory propelled Kenya to the top of the medal table with four gold and one bronze medals for three consecutive days.
She shot in front with three laps of a strong kick while Ugandan Peruth Chemutai and Bahrain Winfred Yavi struggled to keep up the pace.
Chespol won in 9: 12.78, a championship record, while Chemutai crossed the line in 9: 18.87 for the silver. Yavi of Bahrain clocked 9: 23.47 while Kenyan Mercy Chepkuri, silver medalist in the Under-18 event, was fourth in 9: 43.65.
"It's a feat for me to defend my under-20 world title .I was under pressure to win and I had to use tactics to burn my challengers early in the season. I never wanted to give them space to stay behind me.
"It's my last junior competition, and now I'm going to focus on senior competitions, and I'm going to compete in the Monaco Diamond League and the African championships in Nigeria," Chespol said.
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