Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi of Kenya reacts as she crosse the finish line next to Habib Ghribi of Tunesia and Gesa Krause (R) of Germany the women's 3000m steeplechase final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China August 26, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
BEIJING (Reuters) - Julius Yego continued Kenya's dominance of the world athletics championships by winning his country's fifth gold medal with a monster 92.72 metres throw in a dramatic men's javelin final.
It is the first time that Kenya, a nation noted for its distance-running prowess, has won a world title in a field event, and Yego's victory comes a day after Nicholas Bett won the 400m hurdles title, the shortest distance over which any Kenyan has become a world champion. In an event which has long been a European stranglehold, there was a one-two for Africa, as Egypt's Ihab El Sayed took the silver medal with his 88.99m second-round effort.
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