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Medal sweep: Kipketer and Kipyego win gold as Kenya finish second in Oregon

Barnabas Kipyego of Kenya celebrates winning the men’s 3000m steeplechase final ahead of Titus Kipruto Kibiego of Kenya during day six of the IAAF World Junior Championships at Hayward Field on Sunday in Eugene, Oregon. [PHOTO: AFP]

Alfred Kipketer restored Kenya’s dominance in the 800m with an impressive 1:43.95, the second-fastest time in the history of the IAAF World Junior Championships.

Kipketer led his countryman Joshua Tiampati Masikonde to the third Kenyan 1-2 in the men’s 800m in the history of the competition.

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