Emmanuel Wanyonyi
Kenyan middle-distance runner
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Emmanuel Wanyonyi is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 metres, who won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in this event. With his personal best of 1:41.11 set at the 2024 Lausanne Diamond League, Wanyonyi and Wilson Kipketer are tied for second place in the all-time 800 meter list, behind only Wanyonyi's compatriot David Rudisha, who holds the world record. Wanyonyi also briefly held the world record in the road mile, with a time of 3:54.56, from April 2024 to September 2024.
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Kenya's Wanyonyi wins gold after dramatic finish in the 800m final Watch as Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi wins gold for Kenya by 0.01 of a second after a dramatic finish in the 800m final at the Paris 2024.BBC Sport - Published |
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