Sinclair fails to medal
PREMIER Jamaican middle distance runner Kenia Sinclair (1:58:66) pulled out all the stops but could only manage seventh place in the final of the women’s 800 metres at the world championships in Deagu, South Korea.
The race was won by the fast finishing Russian Mariya Savinova who clocked 1:55:87 to beat favourite Caster Semenya of South Africa into silver.
Kenyan Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei was third.