Kenya: Sum Surrenders, Mwangangi Falls to Farah

29 August 2015

Nairobi — Eunice Sum surrendered her women 800m world title and Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku fell just short of dethroning Britain's Mo Farah as the men 5000m champion as Kenya added two medals on the penultimate day of the IAAF World Championships in Beijing.

Mwangangi, the World Indoor, Commonwealth and African champion took silver behind the first man in history to complete the double distance double in the 12 and a half-lap race at the biennial showpiece as Sum's defence ended in the bronze position on Saturday.

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