The second day of the World U20 Championships in the Kenyan capital Nairobi brought joy to Africa as several athletes from the continent scooped medals in their respective disciplines.
The host nation erupted in cheer on Thursday as Benson Kiplangat clinched its first title of these championships with victory in the men’s 5,000m. Kiplangat clocked a personal best 13:20.37 to claim gold just 0.28 ahead of men’s 3,000m winner Tadese Worku of Ethiopia.
Kiplangat’s compatriot Levy Kibet finished third in 13:26.01 in what was a personal best for the 17-year-old.
It got better for the East African nation as Teresiah Muthoni Gateri led compatriot Zenah Jemutai Yego in a Kenyan 1-2, to win the women’s 3,000m.
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Gateri won the race in 8:57.78 followed by Yego in 8:59.59 with Ethiopian Melknat claiming bronze in a personal best of 9:00.12.
Letsile Tebogo of Namibia also wrote his name in the history books as he powered home to win the men’s 100m final in 10.19 seconds.
It was Botswana’s first ever World U20 Championships sprint title and the country’s second ever gold medal in the history of these championships.
South Africa’s Benjamin Richardson came in second 10.28 seconds with Cuba’s Shainer Rengifo Montoya third in 10.32 seconds.
Namibia’s Beatrice Masilingi won a silver medal after coming second in the women’s 100m final in 11.39 seconds.
Tina Clayton of Jamaica won the gold medal in a personal best time of 11.09 seconds while Melissa Gutschmidt of Switzerland won bronze in 11.51 seconds.
18-year-old Masilingi, who is unable to compete at certain events as she has Differences of Sexual Development (DSD), and is barred from running distances between 400m and one mile, under World Athletics, as she has a rare physiology that gives her an unfair competitive advantage.
Masilingi finished sixth in the women’s 200m final at the Olympic Games in Japan earlier this month in her first major championships.
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