Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech broke the world record to win the 3000m steeplechase at the Herculis meeting on Friday, clocking 8:44.32 for victory, at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco.
The 2013 World 3000m Steeplechase champion, Milcah Chemos, is hopeful that the Kenyan women will reign supreme in the water jump and barrier event at the ongoing IAAF World Championships in London.
Ruth Chebet and Hyvin Kiyeng missed the existing record by only one second in Eugene, but have another chance at at BAUHAUS-galan – Stockholm’s Olympic Stadium.
Kenyans World champion Hyvin Kiyeng and World silver medalist Faith Chepng’etich Kipyegon shatter their national records at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene on Saturday.
Kenya’s Julius Yego and South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk smash African records on their way to the World titles, and Kenyan Hyvin Kiyeng claimed her first global gold medal on day 5 at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.
There are joint leaders in three of the 32 individual Diamond Races after seven meetings, and with the tables beginning to take shape, it looks set to be a nail-biting second half of the season.
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