Kenya’s Wanyonyi edges Arop for Olympic 800m gold

Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi held off world champion Marco Arop of Canada to win Olympic men’s 800 metres gold in a lightning fast race on Saturday. Wanyonyi clocked a personal best of 1min 41.19sec for victory, maintaining a proud record for Kenya who have now won the last five Olympic men’s 800m titles. Arop took silver