Chepkoech wants to kill two birds with one stone in Tokyo

Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech celebrates after winning in the Women's 3000m Steeplechase final at the 2019 IAAF Athletics World Championships at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on September 30, 2019. [Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP]

Beatrice Chepkoech, the world 3000m steeplechase champion and record holder over the distance, has vowed to kill two birds with one stone this season: win an Olympic gold and lower her all-time mark.

But she has a mountain to climb against America’s 2017 world champion Emma Coburn and silver medallist Courtney Frerichs at the Tokyo Olympic Games.