Faith Cherotich and Isaac Nader strode into the international spotlight, while Katie Moon and Mattia Furlani added to their global gold medal hauls on day five of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 on Wednesday (17).
Kenya’s Cherotich, bronze medallist at the last World Championships and the Paris Olympic Games, ran a championship record to get gold this time, while Portugal’s Nader secured a surprise victory in the men’s 1500m.
USA’s Moon retained her pole vault title with a last-gasp clearance and Italy’s Furlani became the youngest ever men’s world long jump champion.
[World Athletics]
