Kemboi wins Kenya's 1st track gold at London Games
Sunday - 8/5/2012, 4:46pm ET
LONDON (AP) - Ezekiel Kemboi won Kenya's first gold medal in track and field at the London Olympics in the 3,000-meter steeplechase Sunday night, eight years after winning at the Athens Olympics.
The two-time world champion won his second Olympic title in 8 minutes, 18.56 seconds.
European champion Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of France took silver in 8:19.08 and African champion Abel Mutai of Kenya took bronze in 8:19.73.
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