Kenya runs to the top of the world in Beijing championships

Gold medallist Asbel Kiprop and silver medalist Elijah Motonei Manangoi celebrate after the final of the men’s 1,500m event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships Sunday. (PHOTO: AFP)

NAIROBI: It is in the compelling zest of adventure, victory and creative action, that man finds his supreme joys, noted French poet Antoine de Saint-Exupery ages ago.

And last evening, inside the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing, Asbel Kiprop sealed a hat-trick in the 1,500m to trigger a maelstrom of joy back home.