The Penultimate Day of the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago saw team Kenya bag 3 gold medals to close the championship on a high.
The gold rush came from the men’s 800m with Kelvin Kimutai clinching gold in 1:50:14.
The next one came in the men’s 3000m final where Josephat Sang and Andrew Kiptoo renewed their rivalry in a Kenyan-dominated and hotly contested race with Josephat coming top once again and Andrew settling for Silver.
In the women’s 3000m,1500m record holder Nancy Cherop stamped her authority easily obliterating the field to win yet another gold medal at the games clocking 9.07.15 and in the process missing yet another games record by seconds.
In Tobago, the beach volleyball duo of Sharon Jepkogei and Abigail Chebet finished fourth after going down to Zew Zealand in a closely contested bronze medal match. The girls have surely left a mark on the global stage on their debut.
Kenya has finished sixth in the medal standings with a total of nine medals, five gold, and four Silver.
This performance by team Kenya is a huge improvement from the previous edition in Nassau, Bahamas where Kenya won 4 medals; 3 gold, and 1 silver.
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