A year ago at the World Championships in Budapest, he looked at the back of Marko Arop while the Canadian was rushing towards the gold, this summer he did not allow a similar epilogue on the bigger stage.
Emanuel Vanjonji, a 20-year-old from Kenya, won the gold medal in the 800m at the Paris Olympics - just ahead of arch-rival Aropa.
It seemed in the last meters of the race at the "Stad de France" that the taller and bigger Arop would overtake him, but Vanjonji showed how ready he was, repelled his attacks and "bite" the first Olympic gold in his career.
At the same time, he became the youngest athlete in history to win the highest medal in the two lap race at the Olympic Games.
And that's not the end - with 1.41:19 he set the third fastest time of all time at 800 meters. In front of him are only the legends of this section, his countryman David Rudiša (1.40:91) and Vilson Kipketer (1.41:11).
The bronze medal in Paris was won by Algerian Djamel Seđati, the guy who has the fourth fastest time of all time on this section.
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