World silver 5,000m medalist Beatrice Chebet and defending 800m champion Wycliffe Kinyamal put on a superb display to clinch the gold medals in their respective races at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday night.
Chebet fended off Commonwealth Games 10,000m champion Eilish McColgan of Scotland with 250m to go to clock a season best 14:38.21. McColgan took the silver in 14:42.14, a season best of for the Scot, as Selah Busienei took bronze in 14:48.24, a personal best.
Kinyamal defended his crown in the 800m after from the start, powering home in 1:47.52. Peter Bol from Australia took silver in 1:47.66 with Bob Pattison of England taking bronze in 1:48.25.
The Kenyan quartet of Wiseman Were, Mike Mokamba, William Ryan and Boniface Mweresa struck a 4x400m bronze medal in a season’s best time of 3:02.41.
In the men’s javelin throw, 2015 world champion Julius Yego announced his return to the grandest stage with a season best of 85.70, good enough to take secure him the bronze medal.
Pakistani Arshad Nadeem won the title in a Games record and personal best of 90.18 as Anderson Peters of Granada clinched the silver medal in 88.64.
Kenya’s Alexander Kiprotich faded to eighth in 77.93.
