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Paris 2024: Kenyans seek to stop El Bakkali as they strive to reclaim 3000m steeplechase title

Athletes, including Kenya's Amos Serem, compete in the men's 3000m steeplechase heat of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 5, 2024. [AFP]

Kenyan trio of 3000m steeplechase World Championships bronze medallist Abraham Kibiwott, Amos Serem and Simon Kiprop Koech are on a mission to reclaim the title at the Paris Olympic Games tonight (10.43pm).

Kenya lost their traditional race for the first time in many years to Moroccan Soufiane El Bakkali at the 2020 Tokyo Games where Benjamin Kigen and Kibiwott finished third and tenth respectively.

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