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Zakayo leads 1-2 sweep: Commonwealth Games silver medalist shows no respect for Ethiopia’s World Under-18 champ

By Dennis Okeyo in Tampere, Finland | Jul. 15, 2018

Kenyan Edward Zakayo (gold) and Stanley Waithaka (silver) celebrates their victory during the 5000m final in Tampere, Finland.[Dennis Okeyo, Standard]

World Under-18 3,000m silver medalist Edward Zakayo orchestrated Kenya’s 1-2 finish at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships at the Ratina Stadium yesterday.

Zakayo, who won silver at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast in Australia last April, led Stanley Waithaka in men’s 5000m finals in what took Kenya’s gold medal tally to five. He beat Ethiopia’s rising star Solomon Barega to fourth place.

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