Africa-Press – Kenya. In a race that was won by Ethiopia’s Melkeneh Azize in 7:44.06, Felix Korir and Edwin Kimosong settled for second place and third place in respective personal best times of 7:47.86 and 7:49.82.
This adds on to Kenya’s medal count to make it two silver medals and three bronze.
Kenya now stands at third place in the medal tally.
In the men’s 800m semi-finals, Kenya’s Dominic Kiptoo failed to make it to the final in his heat after finishing fourth in1:49.04.
The heat was won by Algeria’s Heithem Chenitef in a personal best time of 1:48.55. Poland’s Kasper Lewalski placed second in a time of 1:48.76.
In his heat, Noah Kibet obliterated the strong field to place first in 1:46.37 ahead of Great Britain’s Samuel Reardon who finished second in a PB time of 1:46.80.
The men’s 800m final are set for Sunday 12:16am. (EAT)
In the triple jump, Winnie Chepng’etich could not qualify for the final as she placed 11th, having jumped 12.69m.
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