Friday’s women’s 800m also saw victory for Ethiopia courtesy of world U20 bronze medallist Tigist Ketema Tebo in 2:05.85. On day one, Patrick Duvenage and Werner Visser, the 2015 world U18 champion, dominated the discus (1.75kg) competition reaching 59.46m and 58.70m respectively to finish one and two. Joyline Cherotich, the world U18 1500m bronze medallist, led a 1-2 for Kenya in the 3000m. The 19-year-old clocked 9:27.11 to nab the win from teammate Sandra Tuei Chebet, the world U18 runner-up in the 2000m steeplechase, who clocked 9:27.59. The men’s 10,000m race walk where it took a photo to separate Yohanis Algaw of Ethiopia and Tunisian Bahaeddine Gatri.

Source: Ethiopian News July 02, 2017 02:54 UTC