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Commonwealth Games: Eunice Jepkoech Sum wins gold in women's 800M

Eunice Jepkoech Sum of Kenya celebrates with the national flag after the women's 800M final of Athletics at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games in Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland on Aug. 1, 2014. Eunice Jepkoech Sum won the gold medal with a time of 2 minutes and 0.31 seconds. (Xinhua/Han Yan)

The Commonwealth Games women’s 800m final produced an exciting mix of tales for Kenya at Hampden Park Stadium on Friday night.

It rolled into motion the anticipated generational change in the two lap race and set the unofficial stage for 2006 Commonwealth Games 800m champion Janeth Jepkosgei to hand over the two-lap race to world 800m champion Eunice Sum and the new crop of athletes.

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