Despair As Kenyan Born Winfred Yavi Bags Gold in Steeplechase, Kenya Takes Silver and Bronze

• Winfred Yavi denied Kenya gold in the women's 3000m steeplechase final on August 27
• Yavi was born in Kenya but changed her citizenship to represent Bahrain
• Kenya took silver and bronze through Beatrice Chepkoech and Faith Cherotich

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

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.

It was the second successive year that Kenya was denied gold by a former citizen after Noah Jeruto won last year's championships in Oregon. Jeruto represents Kazakhstan.

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Yavi posted the fifth fastest time in the history of the event, using 8:54.29 to win her first major gold medal. Chepkoech followed with 8:58.98, while Cherotich posted 9:00.69.

Mary Moraa wins 800m final

Sports Brief has also reported that Mary Moraa won the race, leaving Mu and 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.

5,000m men's final

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.