Kiplagat bags the 12km title at Prisons meeting

The fastest man over the 1,500 metres last year, Silas Kiplagat, proved he has still got his kick as he outsprinted fellow serviceman John Mwangangi to claim the Kenya Prisons cross country championships’ 12-kilometre crown at Nairobi’s Uhuru Gardens on Saturday.

It was always going to be decided by a sprint dash as the two athletes matched each other strides throughout the race. In the end, Kiplagat proved yet again that he is still got his kick which helped him to clocking 3:29.27 in Monaco to get himself into the top ten fastest runners ever for the event.

On Saturday, Kiplagat clocked 34:46.2 to win the 12km senior men race ahead of Mwangangi who was second in 34:48.3 while Fredrick Musyoki was third in 35:05.8.

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