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Beatrice Chepkoech breaks steeple chase World Record

 
July 20, 2018 Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech celebrates winning the Women's 3000m Steeplechase and setting a new World Record REUTERS

Many athletics lovers will remember what Beatrice Chepkoech did at last year’s World Championships in London.

The Kenyan was leading the steeplechase women final and she looked destined for victory if not a top three place, but she did moments later was shocking. She passed the water jump and was forced to come back after realising her mistake and by then the other competitors were way ahead of her.

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