The photo above shows the closing few metres of the men's 800m at the 2007 World Championships
in Osaka, with Abraham (far right, no. 1063) finishing in 4th place in a time of 1.47.41,
agonisingly just two hundredths of a second back on the bronze medal winner
Yuriy Borzakovskiy (far left, 950). Kenya's Alfred Kirwa Yego (780) won gold and
Canada's Gary Reed (428) the silver.
In 2008 he finished 2nd. at the World Athletics final in Stuutgart.
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Men's 800m. Final.
2007 World Athletics Champs
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| 1. Alfred Kirwa YEGO |
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KEN |
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1: 47.09 |
| 2. Gary REED |
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CAN |
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1: 47.10 |
| 3. Yuriy BORZAKOVSKIY |
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RUS |
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1: 47.39 |
| 4. Abraham CHEPKIRWOK |
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UGA |
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1: 47.41 |
| 5. Wilfred BUNGEI |
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KEN |
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1: 47.42 |
| 6. Amine LAALOU |
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MAR |
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1: 47.45 |
| 7. Mbulaeni MULAUDZI |
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RSA |
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1: 47.52 |
| 8. Mohammed AL SALHI |
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KSA |
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1: 47.58 |
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ANNUAL PROGRESS 800m.
2011 1:47.10 Melbourne 03 MAR
2010 1:49.40 Dakar 24 APR
2009 1:46.07 Athína 13 JUL
2008 1:43.72 Madrid 05 JUL (personal best)
2007 1:44.78 Athína 02 JUL
2006 1:45.00 Kampala 17 JUN