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| Usain Bolt wins the 200m at Ostrava. Kenya's Nkanata (right) finished 5th |
Julius Yego, was the only Kenyan winner at the Ostrava
Golden Spike meet, the ‘You Tube Man’ obliterating his javelin national record and
personal best with an 86.88m throw.
Kenya was represented by 18 athletes in both the male and
women fields. David Rudisha failed to finish in the 600m after pulling up a
muscle while Asbel Kiprop was beaten by Polish Marcin Lewandowski in the 1000m.
There was a special moment though for Carvin Nkanata, one of
Kenya’s fast-rising short distance runners. The US-born Kenyan lined up next to
six-time Olympic Gold medalist Usain Bolt in the 200m.
He pulled off a reaction time of 0.197, 0.046 seconds faster
than the Jamaican’s 0.243. However, Bolt dashed to the finish line stopping the
clock in his seasonal best 20.13 while Nkanata was 5th in 20.97,
0.83 seconds outside his personal best.
Despite the low finish, the 24-year-old Africa Championships
bronze medalist had much to celebrate.
“Today wasn’t my greatest race,” admitted Nkanata after the
race. “But it was cool to compete against one of the best to ever do it (Usain
Bolt),” he added.
Nkanata holds the Kenyan record over the 200m distance.
After a foul first throw, he threw 72.87m on the second
before shattering his previous mark of 85.40m on his third throw, a distance
which was good enough to see him win the gold ahead of German Rohler Thomas and
Finn Tero Pitkamaki.
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