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Alex Isaboke for Capital FM reports that the penultimate day of the 24th Summer Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul in Brazil, saw Kenya bag eight medals - taking their medals tally to 24.
Kenya won 2 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze on a rained-on track to take the total count to 5 gold, 7 silver and 12 bronze medals, surpassing the 16 medals won in 2017.
Sharon Jeptarus opened the medals tally after guiding Rebecca Matiko to a 2-3 Kenyan finish in a race that was won by Anastasiia Sydorenko of Ukraine who clocked 2 minutes, 21.11 seconds.
Jeptarus, who also scooped the 1500m silver, clocked 2 minutes, 21.57 seconds while Rebecca Matiko settled for bronze 2 minutes, 22.24 seconds
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