KENYA ATHLETES LINE UP; 400 METRES HURDLES RACE,WON BY LONG (KENYA); 400 METRES SPRINT WON BY KIPRUGUT (KENYA); 100 METRES WON BY OWITI (KENYA) 1500 METRES WON BY KEINO (KENYA).




Initials PW/VS/BHH/EEH


SPORT: ATHLETICS

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Background: LED BY THEIR WORLD RECORD-BREAKER, KEINO, KENYA'S ATHLETES SWEPT TO CLEAR-CUT VICTORIES IN TRACK EVENTS WHEN THEY VISITED TANANARIVE, MALAGASY FOR AN ATHLETICS MEETING ON SUNDAY.

THE MEETING WAS HELD IN THE MAHAMASINA STADIUM IN TANANARIVE, WHERE THE ATHLETES PARADED BEFORE THE START OF THE RACES.

THE FIRST EVENT WAS THE 400 METRES HURDLES IN WHICH THE KENYA STAR LONG SHOWED HIS EFFORTLESS STYLE IN WINNING COMFORTABLY.

IN THE 400 METRES SPRINT, IT WAS KIPRUGUT WHO RECORDED THE SECOND KENYA VICTORY, WHILE IN THE 100 METRES EVENT, OWITI OF KENYA SPRINTED TO THE TAPE AN EASY WINNER.

THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE AFTERNOON WAS THE RUNNING OF OLYMPIC CHAMPION KEINO IN THE 1,500 METRES. HE SHOWED HIS WORLD CLASS IN FINISHING THE RACE A CLEAR 200 METRES AHEAD OF HIS NEAREST RIVAL.