Kenya surrenders 800m Boys gold to Ethiopia

Ethiopia Melese Nberet and Tolesa Bodena leading in the Boys 800m final. PHOTO/Raymond Makhaya

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 15 – Kenya surrendered the Boys 800m title to rivals Ethiopia after losing the gold medal for the first time since 2009 with Japheth Kibiwott settling for bronze in a race won by Melese Nberet in a World Lead time of 1:47.12.

Cheered by a massive over 45,000 fans that thronged the Moi International Sports Center Kasarani, Kibiwott could not handle the pressure despite picking well with 400m left to settle for bronze in a Personal Best of 1:27.16 behind Ethiopian Tolesa Bodena who timed a Personal Best of 1:47.16 to ensure his country complete a 1-2 sweep.

The last time that Kenya missed out gold in the event was way back at the Bressanone, Italy edition in 2009 when Swedish           Johan Rogestedt condemned Kenyans Peter Langat and Nicholas Kiplangat to silver and bronze respectively.

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