African Champion Beatrice Chebet Wins Silver in Women’s 5000 Metres As Sifan Hassan Fumbles Again

• Beatrice Chebet finished second in the women's 5000 metres at the World Athletics championships as Ethiopian denied Kenyans a first-place finish
• Olympic Bronze medalist Gudaf Tsegay took gold to beat Chebet and heavyweight Sifan Hassan, who attempted to win it in the last bend
• The other Kenyans in the race, Margaret Kipkemboi and Gloria Kite, finished fourth and tenth, respectively

Team Kenya increased her medal tally at the World Athletics Championships as reigning African champion Beatrice Chebet won silver in the women's 5000 metres at the World Athletics Championships.

Chebet had to contend with a second-place finish behind Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay, who extended her country's impeccable run in the championships. Tsegay added her win to the silver medal she won in the 1,500 metres earlier in the week.

The main talking point before the race was which Kenyan had it in her to replace the defending champion Hellen Obiri. Obiri chose to withdraw from the 5,000 metres and focus on the 10,000 metres, where she took silver.

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Chebet, Commonwealth champion and World 10,000 metres bronze medalist Margaret Kipkemboi took to the field against a field that had the recently-crowned 10,000 metres champion Letesenbet Gidey and the defending Olympic champion Sifan Hassan.

The Ethiopians took turns in setting the pace of the race. Hassan threatened to take the race away in the last lap but faded away to give an opportunity to Tsegay and Chebet to bag gold and silver. Another Ethiopian, Dawit Seayum,

bagged bronze.

Second Gold for Kenya as Emmanuel Korir wins men's 800 metres

Sports Brief has also reported that Kenya started Day 9 of the World Athletics Championships on a positive note as Emmanuel Korir stormed to victory in the men's 800 metres finals.

Korir was the man to beat and he did not disappoint as he won the race with a season-best of 1:43.71 to claim Kenya's second gold at the championships.

Korir is now both an Olympic and World champion after winning the Tokyo Olympics last year. Algeria's Djamel Sedjati finished second, while Canada's Marco Arop, after leading for most of the race, had to settle for bronze.