Olympic champion Korir, Chebet bag medals in Oregon

Olympic Champion Emmanuel Korir produced his trademark sprint to bag world 800m title in Oregon, Eugene on Saturday.

Korir timed 1:43:71sec, with Algerian Djamel Sedjati coming in second in 1:44.14 while Canada's Marco Arop closed the medal podium in 1:44.28.

 African champion Slimane Moula, raced into lead of the eight-man race at Hayward Field with Arop sliding through on the inside lane and led through the bell for the final lap before Korir kicked, effortlessly pulling past the field and into pole at the 200m mark producing an excellent sprint  through to the finish line.

In the women's 5000m final, former world junior champion Beatrice Chebet came in second, winning a silver for Kenya after finishing behind Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay.

Tsegay who bagged bronze in the 1000m race surged down the home stretch to win in 14:46:29second with Chebet coming second in 14:46.75 .

Another Ethiopian, Dawit Seyaum, claimed  bronze (14:47.36).

Olympic champion Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands came in sixth. Sifan leaves the World Championships without a medal having failed to stump her authority in both 5000m and 10000m race.