Nicholas Bett handed Kenya a first-ever medal in the men's 400m hurdles at the world championships on Tuesday when he held his nerve for gold.

Bett clocked a world-leading time of 47.79 seconds, with Russian Denis Kudryavtsev taking silver in a national record of 48.05sec in Beijing.

Jeffrey Gibson of the Bahamas claimed bronze in 48.17, also a national record, as American two-time world champion Kerron Clement was pushed into fourth by one-hundredth of a second.

Source: AFP