Kenya: Sum Shocker Seals Kenya's Five-Star Show

18 August 2013

Moscow — Russian hearts were broken inside the Luzhniki Stadium as the home favourite Mariya Savinova, known as 'the chess player', was tactically out-manoeuvred by the unheralded Kenyan Eunice Sum in an absorbing final.

Sum, the nearest pursuer to long-time leader Alysia Johnson Montano, ran a clever race to stave off the challenge from Savinova down the home straight to pull off one of the biggest surprises of the championships. She smashed her personal best - which was 1:59.13 prior to the final - by nearly two seconds to defeat the Russian by 0.42 in a time of 1:57.38.

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