Kipruto leads medals show in Australia

Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto (R gold) and Kenya's Abraham Kibiwott (silver) celebrate after the athletics men's 3000m steeplechase final during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at the Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast on April 13, 2018. / AFP PHOTO /

They sat down, planned and executed it with military precision. And with no doubt it stood out as the talking point on another huge day for Kenya at Carrara Stadium, yesterday.

Olympic 3,000m steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto summoned his sheer ingenuity when he orchestrated a 1-2-3 finish for Kenya – which helped silence the key board warriors on social media who were already predicting doom for Kenya in Gold Coast, Australia.