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Hits and misses as Kenya ends Worlds trip with 10 medals

Silver medalist Jacob Krop, of Kenya, poses during a medal ceremony for the men's 5000-meter run at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo

After 10 days of riveting action, Jacob Krop and Mary Moraa gave Kenyans a befitting closure of the 18th World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA, yesterday morning.

It was too close, yet so far for Krop to end Kenya’s 17-year gold drought in men’s 5,000m as he battled Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen to the wire to win silver.

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