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Cheptegei fails to dethrone Komen from record seat

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3000m world record holder Daniel Komen during an exclusive interview with The Standard Sport at his Potters House Academy in Eldoret Uasin Gisshu County on Thursday, May 20, 2021. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

Retired athlete Daniel Komen watched keenly as Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei attempted to smash his 25-year-old 3000m world record in Czech Republic on Wednesday night.

As he followed the Ostrava Golden Spike meet, which is part of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series from his Eldoret home, Komen knew smashing the record would be a tall order or even impossible.

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