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Kenyan Yego wins world javelin gold

Xinhua, August 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

Kenya's Julius Yego won the world javelin gold medal with 92.72 meters at the world athletics championships on Wednesday.

Yego's third round effort of 92.72 was the third longest throw of all time and the longest since Jan Zelezny posted 92.80 in 2001.

Egyptian Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed took silver with 88.99m and Finland's Tero Pitkamaki, 2007 champion, had bronze with 87.64. Endi