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Heartbreak as 400m hurdler Mpoke bows out of World Championship

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Kenyan 400m Silver medalist Moitalel Mpoke Naadokila with his medal during the IAAF World U18 Championships at Kasarani Stadium onSaturday 15/07/17.[Boniface Okendo,Standard]

Kenya's hopes of winning a medal in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the ongoing 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon, United States went up in smokes early Monday morning after Moitalel Mpoke failed to qualify for the finals.

The 21 year-old finished sixth in the second semi-final heat in 49.34 seconds, two seconds behind the eventual winner Brazilian Alison Dos Santos.

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