Youtube man Julius yego came within 83cm of winning a historic medal for Kenya. With a toss of 85.40m, Yego broke the kenya national record. Few had given him a chance of winning a medal. Yego who earned the nickname “youtube man” because he is self trained and learned training techniques by watching youtube surprised everyone. He was well in contention to win a medal in the last round before Russian Tarabin tossed his Javelin to a distance of 86.23 to pip Yego.
It is a significant improvement for Yego who finished in position 12 at the 2012 Olympics with toss of 77.15m. It will serve as inspiration to other field event competitors and sprinters in Kenya who are largely ignored by Athletics Kenya. Note that his toss of 85.40m would have won him gold at the 2012 Olympics. Yego certainly has a bright future.
Cherono bags 5000m silver
Former world junior champion Mercy Cherono is living up to the promise she showed as a junior. On Saturday, she won the silver medal at the 2013 world championships. It was her first medal at senior level. Cherono had been world junior champion twice, in 2008 and 2010 and also won junior cross country champion in 2010.
Ethiopian legend Meseret Defar, the 2007 world champion, finished in 14 minutes, 50.19 seconds, beating silver medalist Mercy Cherono of Kenya by 1.03 seconds. Cherono was timed at 14:51.22. Viola Kibiwott was fourth behind Ayana Almaz of Ethiopia.
