By ELIAS MAKORIMore by this AuthorIN YOKOHAMAKenyan sprinters took their fans on a roller-coaster ride of emotions on Sunday, salvaging a bronze medal on an incoherent second and final day of competition at the fourth IAAF World Relays in Yokohama’s Nissan Stadium. The 70,000-seater venue will also celebrate this year’s Rugby World Cup final on November 2. The World Relays are the latest kid on the IAAF’s competition bloc, having been hosted three times in a row (in 2014, 2015 and 2017) in the Bahamas before coming to Japan. “I’m extremely delighted with our third-place finish,” Koech, an experienced hurdler who was once ranked 25th in the world said. “This (mixed relay podium) has never happened ever since in Kenya.

Source: Daily Nation May 12, 2019 17:48 UTC