Cheptegei Retains 10,000m Title As Ebenyo Wins Kenya's First Medal

• Joshua Cheptegei retained his 10,000m title in fantastic fashion on Sunday evening
• Daniel Ebenyo came second to win Kenya's first medal at this year's championships
• World record holder Cheptegei has not run much this year but is a cut above the rest

Daniel Ebenyo got Kenya's medal hunt at the World Athletics Championships up and running after he won silver in the 10,000m event in Budapest on August 20.

Ebenyo hung on to finish behind Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei, with Ethiopia's Solomon Barega finishing third. Cheptegei successfully retained the title he won in 2022.

With 600m remaining, the battle seemed to be between the Ugandan and the Ethiopian, but Ebenyo sandwiched himself between the two one year after winning silver in the Commonwealth Games.

Cheptegei recorded a season's best of 27:51.42 in the sweltering heat of Budapest, while Ebenyo posted a time of 27:52.62. Barega, who is the reigning Olympic champion, finished with 27:52.72.

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Other Team Kenya members included Bernard Kibet, who finished fifth and Nicholas Kipkorir, who finished eighth.

What next for Team Kenya?

Kenya's next chance for a medal will come on Tuesday when triple world record holder, Faith Kipyegon, headlines the 1500m women's final.

She sailed through into the last round after a crazy semi-final where five women posted times less than 3:56:00.

Kipyegon, who is also a double world and Olympic champion, will face competition from the likes of Sifan Hassan and Laura Muir. The other Kenyan in the final will be Nelly Chepchirchir, who won the first heat.

Noah Lyles bags 100m title

Sports Brief also reported on Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala finishing a disappointing seventh in his first-ever final, after scraping through to the last round after qualifying as one of the fastest non-automatic finishers.

Noah Lyles delivered on his promise by winning the men's 100m world title on Sunday evening in a world-leading time of 9.83 seconds. Letsile Tebogo made history by becoming the first African to medal in event history.