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Ethiopian Aman wins men`s world 800m title

Ethiopian Mohammed Aman won the men`s 800m title at the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday, the first ever medal for the country in the two-lap event.

Moscow: Ethiopian Mohammed Aman won the men`s 800m title at the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday, the first ever medal for the country in the two-lap event.
Aman clocked a season`s best of 1min 43.31sec, with American Nick Symmonds taking silver in 1:43.55. Djibouti`s Ayanleh Souleiman claimed bronze (1:43.76), the first medal for the east African country since Ahmed Salah`s silver in the marathon in the 1991 worlds in Tokyo. AFP