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Gold rush Sunday! Amos Serem takes 3000m steeplechase gold for Kenya as compatriot Koech settles for bronze

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Amos Serem of Kenya celebrates crossing the finish line ahead of Tadese Takele of Ethiopia in the 3000m during World Athletics U20 Championships at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi on August 20, 2021. [Stafford Ondego]

It was an outstanding evening as Kenya harvested medals in men’s 3000m steeplechase to reclaim the title they lost in Tampere in 2018 to Ethiopia as the five-day World Under-20 athletics championships concluded at Kasarani Stadium.

Simon Koech, Amos Serem and Leonard Chemutai of Uganda and Ethiopian Tadese Takele formed the leading pack from the lap into the race and went to cross the halfway mark in 4:27.48.

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