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London 2012: Kenya’s Ezekiel Kemboi wins 3000 m steeplechase gold
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya wins gold in 3000m steeplechase. PHOTO/AP
Ezekiel Kemboi won Kenya’s first gold medal in track and field at the London Olympics in the 3,000-meter steeplechase Sunday night, eight years after winning at the Athens Olympics.
Kemboi, the two-time world champion, won his second Olympic title in 8 minutes, 18.56 seconds.
European champion Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of France took silver in 8:19.08 and African champion Abel Mutai of Kenya took bronze in 8:19.73.
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