Kenya tops medal standings at Africa Senior Athletics Championships
Team Kenya is absolutely tearing apart the medal standings at the Africa Senior Athletics Championships in Mauritius.
Medal standings
Kenya are currently top in the medal standings with 15 medals - seven gold, two silver and six bronze medals.
The final day of the championships rose to a high when African Games champions Samuel Gathimba and Emily Ngii won their respective 20km race walk moving Kenya to the top of the medal standings.
Gathimba attributed his success to his coach William Kimutai. "He has such good programs and this is the end product," said Gathimba who hopes to meet the World Athletics Championships time at the national trials due for June 24 to 25 at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani.
Kenya
Elsewhere, World Indoor 1500m bronze medallist Abel Kipsang and Jarinter Mawia Sunday handed Kenya the men’s 1,500m and women’s 800m titles on the final day.
At the same highlight reel, national 100m and 200m champion, Maximilla Imali grabbed silver when she finished second in the women's 200m final.
The fastest woman in Kenya, Imali gave a chase, but it wasn't good enough as she settled second in 23.43 seconds, losing the battle to Seyni Aminatou from Niger who clocked 23.04 seconds.
Rhoda Njobvu settled for bronze in 23.54 seconds. Wiseman Were on the other hand clinched bronze for Kenya in the 400m hurdles, while Daniel Simiu won silver in the 5000m.
