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| Yego's monster throw of 92.72m good for gold |
Kenya's javelin star
Julius Yego has won his country's first ever World Athletics Championship medal
in a field event today and also set a new African record of 92.72 in the
javelin.
Yego broke his own African record by throwing 92.72 with his third attempt to
take the lead with three throws remaining - Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed was in
second place.
It
is the longest throw anywhere in the world since Jan Zelezny, who still holds
the world record of 98.48 at the world championships in 2001 and only he and
Aki Parviainen of Finland have thrown further than Yego now.
Former
African record holder Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed of Egypt claimed silver with
his throw of 88.99.
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AFP
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Kenya's
athletics body has been reacting to the suspension of two runners, Joyce Zakary
and Koki Manunga, after they tested positive for doping at the World
Championships in Beijing,
"Athletics
Kenya (AK) has already met with the IAAF and the athletes involved, and has begun
investigating the situation which led to these results," said the national
governing body. "Follow-up action will be taken in Kenya."
Koki Manunga and Joyce
Zakary, who are both Kenyan 400 metres runners, were tested at their team hotel
on 20 and 21 August, said the IAAF.
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Zakary,
29, set a national record in the heats on Monday. Reuters
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