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Kenyans shine in Rome: Kiyeng, Cheruiyot and Kipruto triumph at the fourth IAAF Diamond League meeting

IAAF Diamond League - Golden Gala - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - May 31, 2018 Hyvin Kiyeng of Kenya celebrates winning the Women's 3000m Steeplechase REUTERS

Kenyans produced superlative showing at the fourth leg of the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rome, Italy, on Thursday night.

Olympic 3,000m steeplechase Conseslus Kipruto, Olympic silver medalist Hyvin Kiyeng, world 1,500m silver medalist Timothy Cheruiyot and Commonwealth Games 800m champion Wyclife Kinyamal did not disappoint in the 38th edition of the Golden Gala Pietromennea – dedicated to Italia’s former Olympic and world 200m record holder Pietro Mennea who died in 2013 – inside Rome’s Stadio Olympico.

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