Kenya: Captain Yego's Record Throw Misses Podium, Just

18 August 2013

Moscow — There was one more twist of drama in the final of the men Javelin final and it came from a shocking source.

Team captain and 24-year-old Kenyan policeman Julius Yego, who has been training in Finland, sent his Javelin flying to 85.40m in round five, more than three metres beyond his previous national record of 82.09m from the Kenyan Trials in July.

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