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Kenyan athletes competing at the U20 World Championships closed the world event with style after winning a gold medal and two silver medals to finish at the top of the medal table. the event ended Sunday.
Kenya won the medal with 11 medals – six gold, four silver and one bronze.
Solomon Lekuta clinched the sixth gold medal for Kenya after winning a tight race in the men's 800m in 1: 46.35 followed by fellow Ngeno Kipngetich, author of a personal best of 1 : 46.45, while Algerian Oussama Cherrad was third in 1: 47.10 to claim the bronze medal
The first round was controlled by Adisu Girma before Ngeno took the lead and led to the next 300m, before Lekuta arrives from behind to win the race.
Lekuta said that he was waiting for the race since the beginning of the year.
"The experience here has been incredible and being the captain of the team, I had to do well and I am happy to have been able to win the gold. I have been training since the beginning of the year for the championships and I am happy to have delivered, "said the athlete, who trains in Nyahururu.
Lekuta also thanked the team for the overall performance and discipline they
"This team has been the best team to work with and I appreciate each and every one of them even those who have not won medals there is always next time, "he added.
2 000 m steeplechase champion Leonard Bett pocketed the money at the 3,000-meter steeple with 8: 25.39 behind Ethiopian Takele Nigate who won the race in 8: 25.35
Bett took control of the race in the early stages before Nigate took the lead [19659004Bettedthattheheathadaffectedadefinitionallowingittocomebacktogold
"I knew I was going to do well but things changed in the last lap but I I'm happy for the silver medal, and Kenyans should not be worried, we're going in. In the 1,500-meter race, 2016 junior cross-country championship junior champion, Miriam Cherop, has clinched the silver medal in 4: 10.73 behind Alemaz Samuel of Ethiopia, who won the world championship of steeplechase, ran in 4: 09.67 to win gold [19659012] window.fbAsyncInit = function () {FB.init ({appId: & # 39; 174023979648743 & #,; Xfbml :! 0, version: "v2.5")} (function (d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName (s) [0]; if (d.getElementById (id)) {return} js = d.createElement (s); js.id = id; js .src = "http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore (js, fjs)} (document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk');
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