Ferguson Rotich was the only Kenyan who won in any race at the 6th leg of IAAF Diamond League in Stockholm, Sweden, running his personal best in 1000m.
As Olympic Rio 2016 Olympic Games 10,000m and three time World bronze medalist Paul Tanui together with his Kenyan counterpart Cyrus Rutto, the London World Championships silver medalist failed to get to the podium in the meeting that attracted few Kenyan runners.
The 800m specialists forfeited the two lap race and raced in the 1,000m race winning in the world lead of 2:48.88
he faced a stiff competition from Bahrain international Sadik Mikhou but experienced Rotich beat him to second timing 2:16.09 in his personal best too ahead of Briton Jake Wightman who finished third in 2:16.27.
the polite Paul Tanui clocked 13:49.06 to finish 14th overall beating Rutto (14:10.08) to 15th place in men’s 5,000m in a race that was commanded by Ethiopians taking top three positions..
world under 18, 3,000m champion Selemon Barega led Ethiopians Abadi Hadis and Birhanu Belew to podium sweep in 13:04.05, 13:04.25 and 13:06.76 respectively.
Kenyan Nelly Jepkosgei finished 5th in women’s 1500m timing 4:01.95 in a race won by Gudaf Tsegey (3:57.64), Briton Laura Muir (3:58.53), Moroccan Rabebe Arafi (4:00.28) and American Jemny Simpson (4:00.34).
Next Diamond League meeting will be held on June 30, at Paris, France where top gun athletes are expected to showcase their talents.