Caxias Do Sul — Kenya received the boys’s 1500M and bought a bronze within the ladies’s 400M races on the Sesi Centro Esportivo Athletics Track in Caxias Do Sul, Brazil on Monday night.
Ian Wambui Kahinga breezed to the tape for the gold within the race held at 5.10 PM (11.10pm Kenyan time),.
Kahinga clocked 3.55.54 forward of Jaime Morga of Spain (3.56.18) and Alexander Blei of Germany (3.57.10).
Immediately after, Linet Fwamba Nanjala secured the bronze in a time of 59.34 after a photograph end with Yulia Shapoval of Ukraine. The race was received by Christina Kiniakina of Ukraine.
Defending 1500M males’s champion John Koech didn’t compete within the race as he has been entered for the boys’s 800m contest.
“Koech failed to qualify for the race during the national trials held in Nairobi, but we are glad we got new blood like Kahinga who have helped Kenya to retain the title,” head coach Samuel Kibet defined.
Concerning his victory, Deaflympics debutant Kahinga mentioned:
“I feel very happy to have won my first international crown, I have never competed outside Kenya before, so this good news is so heavy for me to bear.”
An elated Kahinga mentioned he’ll now go for the 5000M title held by compatriot Symon Cherono Kibai.
“Kibai should brace for a tough battle,” Kahinga warned. The males’s 5000M semi finals is scheduled for Thursday May 12, 2022 and also will function Amos Kiplagat.
So far Kenya has a complete of 9 medals; 2 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze.
Team Kenya medalists
Gold
Men’s 10000M-Symon Cherono Kibai
Men’s 1500M- Ian Wambui Kahinga
Silver
4X400M Mixed Relay
Men’s 10000M- Peter Toroitich
Women’s 10000M-Serah Wangari Kimani
Bronze
Men’s 10000M- David Kipkogei
Women’s 10000M- Grancy Kandagor
Men’s Javelin- Kelvin Kipkogei
Women’s 400M- Linet Fwamba Nanjala