Julius Yego bags gold in Beijing javelin throw

Julius Yego competes at the men's javelin throw final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. (Photo: Reuters)

Julius Yego continued Kenya's dominance of the world athletics championships by winning his country's fifth gold medal with a monster 92.72-metres throw in a dramatic men's javelin final.

It is the first time that Kenya, a nation noted for its distance-running prowess, has won a world title in a field event, and Yego's victory comes a day after Nicholas Bett won the 400m hurdles title, the shortest distance over which any Kenyan has become a world champion.