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Kenyan 3,000m steeplechase dominance faces tough test in Oregon show

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A Kenya team member takes a picture of teammates Leonard Bett, (left) Conseslus Kipruto (centre) and Abraham Kibiwotin Oregon on Thursday. [AP]

Defending champion Conseslus Kipruto will shoulder Kenya’s hope of protecting men’s 3,000m steeplechase turf at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA, tomorrow at 5:20am.

Kipruto, two-time world champion, will marshal forces with Commonwealth Games silver medalist Abraham Kibiwott and 2018 World Under 20 silver medalist Leonard Bett in bid to stop Morocco’s Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali and silver medalist Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia.

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