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Teenage sensation Noah Kibet bags Kenya its first medal in the World Indoor Championships.

17-year-old Kibet finished second in the men’s 800 metres Final to claim the silver medal. With a time of 1:46:35, the World Under-20 bronze medalist chased behind winner Mariano Garcia of Spain who timed 1:46.20.

Meanwhile, the fastest man in Africa, Ferdinand Omanyala, came up short to have his day end after failing to proceed to the 60-metres finals.

The national record holder clocked 6.64 seconds to finish fourth in his heat that was won by USA’s Marvin Bracy who came home in 6.51 seconds.

More to follow…