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ASBEL ANCHORS MEDLEY GOLD: Front running Kiprop scorches field as Kenya win mixed relay

WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP - KAMPALA From left: Kenya's Asbel Kiprop, Beatrice Chepkoech, Winfred Mbithe,and Bernard Kipkorir celebrates wining mix relay race during the IAAF World Cross Country Championship in Kololo, Kampala, Uganda on March 26, 2017. [PHOTO/DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD

It was a contest that attracted huge interest as Kenyans had already fired warning shots.

And it did not disappoint as Asbel Kiprop, the three-time world 1,500m champion, killed two birds with one stone: he anchored the mixed relay team to victory, and earned a second gold medal, at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at the Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala, Uganda.

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