Running with one shoe for most of the race, Kenyan Olympic Champion Conseslus Kipruto has won the men’s 3000m steeplechase race at the Diamond League in Zurich.
Conseslus Kipruto’s left shoe came off early in the 3000m race, but he still managed to pass world silver medalist Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco on the finishing straight in Zurich.
“I have big pain,” Kipruto said, according to the event organizers. “I am injured because I lost my left shoe. That was a mess.”
Kipruto had earlier looked vulnerable in 2018 with three Diamond League defeats.
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