NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 7 – World Champion Timothy Cheruiyot settled for silver after finishing second in the men’s 1500m at the Olympic Games on Saturday, clinching Kenya’s ninth medal in Tokyo.
Cheruiyot lost a last 100m sprint with Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen who came home for gold in a time of 3:28.32. This was a new Olympic Record, breaking the previous record set by Kenya’s Abel Kipsang in the semi-finals on Thursday.
Kipsang had run 3:31.65 to win his semi-final, but in the ultimate race didn’t seem to have much inside the tanke as he finished fourth behind Great Britain’s Kerr Josh who timed a personal best of 3:29.05.
Cheruiyot clocked 3:29.01 which was also within the old Olympic record.
