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Conseslus Kipruto now forced to wait for Olympic Games glory

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. (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP)

World steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto was aiming for another global gold and a world record this year but the coronavirus outbreak has forced him to go back to the drawing board.

Conseslus knows what it takes to become an Olympic and world champion: talent, hard work, a never-say-die attitude. This, after all, is the man who won the Diamond League final two years ago wearing just one shoe.

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