Kenya: Boniface Mucheru Wins 400m Hurdles Silver in Rio

18 August 2016

Africa 400m hurdles champion Boniface Mucheru made history on Thursday as the first Kenyan to win an Olympic medal in 400m hurdles when he claimed silver at the Rio Olympic Games.

Not only did Mucheru post a personal best 47.78 seconds, he also broke the national record of 47.79 set by Nicholas Bett when winning the World title in Beijing last year.

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