The main photo above shows a delighted Janeth, fist clenched in celebration, crossing the line to win gold in the final of the womens 800m at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. Jepkosgei's 1.56.04 was a world leading time and saw her finish fairly comfortably ahead of Morocco's Hasna Benhassi. It was a brilliant performance of front running from the 23 year old Kenyan, who led from start to finish, and the time was also a new PB. She later commented: "I decided to go in front and not to wait for the others. I had to do my best, and that's what I did. I think it's a challenge for me now, because now I know I'm competitive. It's the first gold medal for Kenya and the first world championship gold for me, and it's also my personal best, so I'm happy. I did not expect another personal best after the semi-final. The world record is still far away, I am not thinking about it. I saw afterwards that it was a world leading time. It's good, but I have to do something more, before the end of the season." The right hand inset picture shows Janeth shortly after the race whilst the left hand photo shows the Kenyan in full flow during the heats.
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| Women's 800m Final. 2007 World Athletics Championships |
| 1. Janeth JEPKOSGEI | | KEN | | 1: 56.04 |
| 2. Hasna BENHASSI | | MAR | | 1: 56.99 |
| 3. Mayte MARTINEZ | | ESP | | 1: 57.62 |
| 4. Olga KOTLYAROVA | | RUS | | 1: 58.22 |
| 5. Brigita LANGERHOLC | | SLO | | 1: 58.52 |
| 6. Sviatlana USOVICH | | BLR | | 1: 58.92 |
| 7. Svetlana KLYUKA | | RUS | | 2: 00.90 |
| Maria de Lurdes MUTOLA | | MOZ | | DNF |
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