Report25 Jul 2014


Report: men’s 1500m – IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014

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1500m winner Jonathan Sawe at the IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014 (© Getty Images)

Jonathan Kiplimo Sawe became the eighth Kenyan man to win the world junior 1500m title when he kicked away from his team-mate Hillary Cheruiyot Ngetich on the homestretch to reach the finish in 3:40.02.

Ngetich, the silver medallist in 2012, was overhauled by Djibouti’s Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin for silver in 3:41.38; Ngetich finished in 3:41.61.

Ngetich took off fast from the gun but settled once he reached the front, going through 400m in 58.23 but 800m in a more pedestrian 2:01.31 with the whole field packed up behind him.

At the bell, Sawe came to the front and pulled Ngetich, Mouhyadin and Brazil’s Thiago Andre clear of the pack. Sawe reached full flight on the backstretch, and despite Ngetich’s best efforts to close the gap, he wouldn’t be challenged for the remainder of the race.

Sawe covered the final 400m faster than 54 seconds.

Of the 15 world junior 1500m finals, Kenyans have now won nine. Mouhyadin won Djibouti’s first medal of any kind at the World Junior Championships.

Parker Morse for the IAAF

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