By Our Reporter
Kenyan athletes were good for silver on the third day of the ongoing 10th All Africa University Games at Kenyatta University in Nairobi on Wednesday, 8th June.
Gideon Lemerian of Dedan Kimathi University of Technology clocked 04:01.87 to strike silver in the hotly contested men’s 1500m final.
Lemerian came second behind Charles Baah of Ghana’s University of Education Winneba (UNEDW) who triumphed in 04:01.60 as Aziz Mohamed of University of Ghana came third in 04:02.44.
“I had prepared for the race well, it was a good run for me, I practiced enough last week before I came to Nairobi for these games,” Lemerian said.
“I won a scholarship race at Kip Keino Stadium in Eldoret last Friday which I used to prepare for the championships,” Lemerian added.
Just like Lemerian, Emmanuel Ngeno of Kenyatta University also missed gold after coming second in 30:27.8 in men’s 10,000m finals. The race was won by Dismas Yeko of Uganda’s Ndejje University who clocked 29:12.1. William Amponsah of UNEDW came third with a time of 31:20.9.
No Kenyan made it to the medal bracket in the men’s 400m hurdles which was won by Busani Ndlovu of South Africa in 53.92.
It was also the same case in women’s 1500m final which was bagged by Tenebeb Nega of Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa University.
