World Athletics Championships: Halifax's Burgin finishes sixth in 800m final

Halifax’s Max Burgin has finished sixth in the 800m final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Burgin was third after the first lap but tired around the final bend, with the race won by Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi in a time of one minute, 41 seconds – a new championship record.

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