Kenya’s athletic team continued racking up medals in the ongoing Commonwealth Youth Games, after winning gold and silver in the first and second sweep in men’s and women’s 1500M races.
Josephat Sang finished first breaking the Commonwealth Youth Games record to win a second gold for Kenya. Sang clocked 3:37:66 to shatter the record previously held by fellow Kenya international Kumari Taki.
Andrew Kiptoo who also recorded his personal best in the race, settled for ilver after clocking 3:38:12 hours.
Kiptoo and Sang are set to run 800M heats and the 4 by 4 mixed relay.
In the Women’s category, Nancy Cherop and Janet Chepkoech stepped up in the last lap of the race to finish first and second respectively, earning Kenya her first pair of medals in the games.
Cherop clocked 4:12.38 to set a new championship record, beating compatriot Janet Chepkoech to second in 4:14.24. England’s Lyla Belshow completed the podium in 4:16.37.
Elsewhere, the Cub Lionesses settled for a bronze medal position against Fiji, but they fell short of their aspiration after going down 22-10.
The Lionesses had also played against Canada who beat them 17-0 to mark the end of their campaign at the games.
