Kenya’s Kumari Taki Dives (Falls?) Across Line To Win Crazy World Junior 1500 Title
by LetsRun.com
July 21, 2016
The men’s 1500 at the World Junior championships today featured a crazy finish as Kenya’s Kumari Taki, who was totally tying, ended up diving / falling across the line, just barley won gold.
Watch it for yourself below (we’ve set it up so you only have to watch the last lap).
Article continues below player.
https://youtu.be/gf2WPrTaKmE?t=4m30s
Results
| 1500 m | 21 July | |||||||||
| 1 | Kumari Taki | KEN | 6 May 99 | 3:48.63 | « » | |||||
| 2 | Teresa Tolosa | ETH | 3:48.77 | « » | ||||||
| 3 | Anthony Kiptoo | KEN | 19 Aug 97 | 3:49.00 | « » | |||||
| 4 | Baptiste Mischler | FRA | 23 Nov 97 | 3:49.52 | « » | |||||
| 5 | Ajay Kumar Saroj | IND | 1 May 97 | 3:49.52 | « » | |||||
| 6 | Matthew Ramsden | AUS | 23 Jul 97 | 3:50.50 | « » | |||||
| 7 | Jordi Torrents | ESP | 25 Sep 97 | 3:50.93 | « » | |||||
| 8 | Asres Guadie | ETH | 3:50.95 | « » | ||||||
| 9 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | NOR | 19 Sep 00 | 3:51.09 | « » | |||||
| 10 | Josh Kerr | GBR | 8 Oct 97 | 3:51.23 | « » | |||||
| 11 | Elzan Bibic | SRB | 8 Jan 99 | 3:51.58 | « » | |||||
| 12 | Ayoub Sniba | MAR | 5 Apr 97 | 3:55.95 | ||||||
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