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Emmanuel Wanyonyi celebrates after winning the men's 800m final during the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on September 20, 2025. [AFP]
Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi added the world crown to his laurels with a hard-fought victory in the men's 800m in Tokyo on Saturday.
Wanyonyi timed a championship record of 1min 41.86sec for gold, just four hundredths of a second ahead of Algeria's Djamel Sedjati while defending champion Marco Arop of Canada had to settle for bronze in 1:41.95.
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