Kenyans dominated the boys' and girls' 3000m at the Commonwealth games. [Photo/insidethegames.biz]
Kenyans Edwin Kiplagat and Emmaculate Chepkirui on Saturday night swept to victory in boys’ and girls’ 3,000m at the Commonwealth Youth Games that were due to end Sunday in Nassau, Bahamas.
Chepkirui, who is fresh from winning silver in girls’ 3,000m at the World Under-18 Championships in Nairobi, dominated to win in 9 minutes and 25.40 seconds.
Chepkirui, who is also a 5000m silver medalist from the 2016 World Under-20 Championships, edged out Katrina Robinson from New Zealand to second place in 9:27.40 as Canadian Brogan MacDougall claimed bronze in 9:29.34.
Kiplagat on the other hand was emphatic in his delivery, winning his race by 13 seconds in 8.23.96, beating Canadian Joshua De Souza and Francis Damasi from Tanzania as reported by the Nation.
Mwangi gave Kenya its first victory on the opening day on Thursday in boys’ 1500m, while Viola Chemutai, who launched the medal hunt for Kenya with silver in girls’ 1500m, failed to reach girls’ 800m final.
Kenya entered the final day on Sunday in third place in the medal standing with three gold medals and one silver. Australia topped with four gold and six silver followed by England; three gold, three silver and five bronze.