World champ Conseslus hoping for improved show in Rome meet

Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto (L) crosses the finsh line and wins next to second-placed Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma 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

Kenya’s dominance in steeplechase looks like a thing of the past at the moment and as athletes line up in the Rome Diamond League race today, world champion over the distance Conseslus Kipruto will be hoping to give Kenyans some hope.

Morocco’s Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali and silver medallist Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma have been the dominant force over the water and barriers race in the last couple of years, but with Kipruto managing to finish in fourth place in Rabat last weekend in what was his first outing this year, there is some hope for Kenya ahead of the World Championships.