Kenya won its first gold medal at the ongoing World Athletics Championship in Oregon, USA after Faith Chepng’etich won the women’s 1,500m race final Tuesday.
Faith Kipyegon stamped her authority almost from the start and drove on relentlessly to take her second world gold in three minutes, 52.96 seconds.
Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay and Briton Laura Muir, who matched Kipyegon stride for lung-busting stride until the last 300m, took silver and bronze.
Kipyegon, winner of the last two…
