3,000m Steeplechase: Birech stumbles, but still qualifies for tomorrow's final

ATHLETICS-WORLD-2017 (L-R) Kenya's Jairus Kipchoge Birech and Morocco's Soufiane Elbakkali through the water jump in the heats of the men's 3,000m steeplechase athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London on August 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS

Kenya has won the last five world 3,000m steeplechase titles and going to the final tomorrow, Olympics champion Conseslus Kipruto wants to stretch it to the sixth victory.

Kipruto, who has been struggling with an ankle injury this season, won the third heat in 8:23.80 to progress to the final.