Eldoret (Kenya) (AFP) - A 30,000 capacity crowd at Eldoret's Kipchoge Keino stadium watched world champions David Rudisha and Ezekiel Kemboi beaten on the final day of the Kenyan Olympic team selection trials on Friday.
Former world junior 800m champion Alfred Kipketer stunned the strong field when he stormed to victory in 1:43.73, beating Ferguson Rotich (1:44.05) into second while Rudisha, who had set a good time of 1:43.4 in qualifying, trailed home third.
Kemboi, who is looking for a fourth Olympic title in Rio, also finished third in his speciality won by former Olympic and World champion Brimin Kipruto.
This will be my fourth and perhaps the last Olympics. It's been 16 years. I'm growing older," said Kemboi.
"I always plan my training well, stay focused and I live good. I do everything at the right time. And that's why you see me always."
Another upset came in the women's 800m when unheralded Margaret Nyairera Wambui surprised Commonwealth champion Eunice Sum.
Wambui, fresh from winning 400-metre silver at the African championships in Durban, South Africa showed no pity when she pulled down the straight away to win in a personal best time of 1:58.27.
Sum finished a distant second in 1.59.63 while Winnie Chebet (2:00.16) was third.
Wambui, 20, who won a world junior 800m title in Eugene, oregon in 2014, said she was looking forward to meeting South African star Caster semenya in Rio.
"I am very happy with my performance.I am ready to move from a world indoor champion to an Olympic champion," said Wambui.
"I know facing Semenya will be tough but both of us will have to go through the qualifying rounds first before the final. So it will depend on who will be successful."
Paul Tanui won the men's 10000 metres after his would-be opponents, Geoffrey Kamworor and Bedan Karoki pulled out of the race.
Tanui, who will be making his first major championship at the Rio Olympics, finished well ahead of newcomer Charles Yosei.
He was timed at 27:46.15.
"The high altitude was too much for me," said Tanui, who trains in Japan. "It's by sheer luck that I managed to finish and qualify for the Olympics."
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