IAAF.org: Lel takes gold for Kenya as Tanzania win first team gold
After a closely run race, Martin Lel won the final sprint to snatch individual
gold for Kenya in the men’s race in Vilamoura this morning, while a gutsy
run from John Yuda won Tanzania its first ever team gold in the World Half
Marathon Championships.
For much of the 21 kilometres of this World Half Marathon Championships, the
race had had been dominated by a tightly bunched lead pack of ten athletes,
with the East Africa nations of Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania contesting both
individual and...