Jakob Ingebrigtsen Defends 5,000m Men’s Title As Jacob Krop Wins Bronze for Kenya

• Jakob Ingebrigtsen redeemed himself by winning the 5,000m men's title
• Ingebrigtsen had earlier this week missed out on the 1,500m title yet again
• Jacob Krop ensured Kenya was on the podium, winning bronze behind Mohamed Katir

Jacob Krop left it late to win bronze in the men's 5,000m final on the last day of the World Athletics Championships on Sunday.

Krop passed a trio of Ethiopian athletes with less than 100m to go to get himself on the podium and finish behind reigning champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway and Spain's Mohamed Katir.

Krop's bronze is Kenya's seventh medal in Budapest. He has, however, downgraded, having won silver in last year's championships in Oregon. Ingebrigtsen successfully defended his title to atone for missing out on gold in his favourite 1,500m event.

The Norwegian posted 13:11.30 ahead of Katir's 13:11.40. Krop posted 13:12.28.

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Mary Moraa wins 800m final

Sports Brief has also reported that Mary Moraa won the 800m race, leaving Athing Mu and Keely Hodgkinson in her wake to become the third Kenyan to win a gold medal in the event after Janeth Jepkosgei (2007) and Eunice Sum (2013).

Mu led for the better part of the race, only for Moraa to overtake her on the final stretch and upgrade her bronze medal to gold by clocking a new personal best of 1:56:03.

Hodgkinson overtook Mu to settle for yet another silver in a major championship, with the American closing the podium places. Hodgkinson posted 1:56.34, while Mu posted 1:56.61

3000m women's steeplechase final

At the same time, Kenyan-born Winfred Yavi won gold for Bahrain in the 3000m steeplechase final at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday evening.

Sports Brief reported that Yavi passed the world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech with less than 500m to go, forcing the Kenyan to settle for silver. Chepkoech's compatriot Faith Cherotich took bronze.

It was a sweet win for Yavi, who has finished fourth in back-to-back World Championships. She was born in Kenya but chose to represent Bahrain when she turned 15 years old and has been doing so since 2016.