Kenya wins two
more gold medals as Kipruto sets new Olympics record
Kenya wins two more gold medals as Kipruto sets
new Olympics record By Bismarck Mutahi in Rio Di Janeiro Updated Thu, August
18th 2016
Faith Chepng'etich Kipyegon who won a gold
medal in the women's 1,500m final. (PHOTO: COURTESY)
Kenya struck Olympics gold to top the
athletics medal table at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Yesterday, 22-year-old Faith Chepng’etich
Kipyegon set the medal-winning mission in motion when she
dramatically upstaged Ethiopia’s world 1,500m record holder Genzebe
Dibaba. Then two-time world 3,000m steeplechase champion
Conseslus Kipruto added to the
day’s gold medal account as he
upset two-time Olympics champion Ezekiel Kemboi at
the Olympic Stadium. Kemboi’s defeat marked a turning point as he
handed over the reins to Kipruto, who lost to him twice – at the World
Championships in Moscow (2013) and in Beijing in 2015. Huge gap Kipruto, who
comes from Kipchunu village in Nandi County,
won Kenya’s fourth gold medal in Rio – coming after
Jemimah Sumgong (marathon), David Rudisha (800m) and Chepng’etich (1,500m).
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