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Chris Musumba<\/p>\n

14 May 2011<\/p>\n

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Nairobi \u2014 Youngsters Geofrey Kirui, Hillary Maiyo and Gilbert Kirui clinched gold as Kenya took a firm grip on the second overall position behind bigwigs South Africa in the Africa Junior Athletics Championship which ends on Sunday in Gaborone, Botswana.<\/p>\n

Kirui won the 10,000 metres race in 27:55.74, a fast time for a junior level competition, just 15 seconds off the qualifying mark for the senior world championship.<\/p>\n

Africa cross country junior men’s champion Nicholas Togom secured silver in 28:23.22 and Uganda’s Thomas Ayeko (28:27.54) bronze.<\/p>\n

Sabre-rattling Ethiopia<\/strong><\/p>\n

A sabre-rattling Ethiopia came in fourth and fifth through Muktar Edris Awel (28:44.95) and Bonsa Dida Direba (28:58.68).<\/p>\n

Kenya’s Maiyo (3:35.43) and Geoffrey Barusei (3:35.54) made a 1-2 in 1,500m, ahead of Ethiopians Soresafida Jana (3:36.38) and Zebene Alemayehu Bekele (3:37.49), Morocco’s Abdelhadi Labali (3:40.54) and Uganda’s Emmanuel Sasia (3:42.83).<\/p>\n

Alphas Kishioyian (46.71) gave Kenya a rare 400m bronze as compatriot Jeremiah Mutai (47.06) came fourth in a race won by Sudan’s Sadam Koumi (46.37) while Nigeria’s Japhet Samuel (46.45) won silver.<\/p>\n

In the 400m hurdles, Mutai finally got onto the medal podium with the silver, edging out South Africa’s Shaun Van Yk (51.96).<\/p>\n

Mutai clocked a personal best time of 51.93 behind gold medal winner Abdelmalik Lahoulou (51.69) of Algeria while Kenya’s Christopher Ngetich (52.27) was fourth.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Kenya swept the medal podium as Gilbert Kirui (8:25.03) and Jairus Kipchoge (8:28.08) won the 3,000m steeplechase in world junior-leading time.<\/p>\n

Uganda’s Jacob Araptany (8:30.63) settled for bronze ahead of Ethiopia’s Habtamu Jaleta Fayisa (8:32.35) and Morocco’s Jaouad Chemlal (8:57.90).<\/p>\n

Kenya had lost out to Ethiopia in the 3,000m flat race as Azemra Gebru Hugos (9:11.84) claimed the gold and compatriot Waganesh Mekasha Amare (9:16.82) the bronze, sandwiching Kenyan Purity Cherotich (9:14.58). Nancy Kathure (9:41.94) was fourth.<\/p>\n

In 800m, Uganda’s world junior bronze medallist Annette Negesa (2:04.94), a dominant figure in the local athletics weekend meetings, struck gold to avenge her Kenyan rival Cherono Koech’s (2:06.49) bashing in Moncton, Canada, last year.<\/p>\n

Ethiopia’s Alem Gereziner Gebremariam (2:07.16) won the bronze.<\/p>\n

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