There were many talking points as the curtain came down on the 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics here, with Kenya chalking up its finest ever performance at the biennial competition. The 17 medals – seven gold, six silver and four bronze – left Team Kenya in third place overall behind superpowers USA with 25 medals (12 gold, eight silver and five bronze) and Russia with 19 (9-4-6).
It was a great performance given that the USA entered a huge squad of 155 athletes and Russia 73, compared to Kenya’s 46. Gold medals by Edna Kiplagat in the women’s marathon, Abel Kirui (men’s marathon), Vivian Cheruiyot (5,000 and 10,000 metres), Asbel Kiprop (1,500 metres), David Rudisha (800 metres) and Ezekiel Kemboi (steeplechase) made Kenya the darling of almost everyone in the streets of Daegu. read on: http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kenya+neck+and+neck+with+superpowers+/-/1100/1230312/-/p9bk26z/-/index.html
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