Focus: Is Kipruto Kenya's hope in ending 10,000m jinx?

Kenya's Rhonex Kipruto celebrates finishing third in the Men's 10,000m final at the 2019 IAAF Athletics World Championships at the Khalifa International stadium in Doha on October 6, 2019. (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP)

World 10,000m bronze medalist Rhonex Kipruto has given Kenya fresh hope to end their jinx and win the race at the Olympic Games.

The 20-year-old has already beaten the 5km road world record, clocking 13 minutes and 18 seconds, and went on to do the same in the 10km race, before Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda obliterated the record in 26:38 in Valencia, Spain.