Kenyan Athlete, Mary Moraa Wins the 800m in the World Championship
Kenyan athlete, Mary Moraa took the first position in the women's 800 meters final in the World Championships Oregon22 early Saturday morning.
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The champion won the first semi-final in 1:59.65 after leading from start to finish, with American Ajee Wilson finishing second in 1:59.97.
Keely Hodgkinson of England won the second heat in 1:58.73 ahead of veteran Jamaican Natoya Goule, with American Raevyn Rodgers finishing third to claim one of the two non-automatic qualifying slots.
Naomi Korir finished third in the third semifinal in 2:03.08 seconds, missing out on the final. Athing Mu of the United States won the heat in 1:57.12 to qualify alongside Ethiopia's Diribe Welteji (1:57.16) and Anita Horvat (1:59.60).
Moraa will be hoping to finish on the podium in the final on Monday morning after Kenya failed to win a medal at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, where Eunice Sum finished fifth.
Moraa has nine sub-two-minute times, including a personal best of one minute and 57.45 seconds set at the Kenyan trials on June 24, just a few days after winning her first Diamond League in Rabat in 1:58.93 on June 5. On June 9, she finished fourth in 1:59.26 at the Rome Diamond League.
Since the champion's begun in 1983, Kenya has only won two gold medals in the women's 800 meters, with Janeth Jepkosgei in Osaka in 2007 and Eunice Sum in Moscow in 2013.
