Kenyan steeplechasers facing tough hurdle at World Championships

Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto celebrates after winning in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase final at the 2019 IAAF Athletics World Championships at the Khalifa International stadium in Doha on October 4, 2019. (AFP)

History, threat and redemption clearly define Kenya’s quest to reclaim men’s and women’s 3,000m steeplechase titles at the 18th World Athletics Championships that start at Hayward Field inside University of Oregon in Eugene, USA, on Friday.

And the eight men and women – four each – have a mountain to climb as they seek to reclaim the Kenyan traditional races.