By AYUMBA AYODIMore by this AuthorConseslus Kipruto holds all the 3,0000m steeplechase championship titles, a feat that most elite athletes can only dream about. Besides aiming to run under seven minutes this season, 24-year-old Kipruto, who has a personal best of 8:00.12, seeks to down the 15-year-old World Record of 7:53.63 this year. “I have two targets this year, to defend my World title in Doha and attempt to break the World Record,” said Kipruto. “We need to reclaim that record from Qatar this year God willing.”Kenyan-born Saif Saaeed Shaheen of Qatar holds the World Record of 7:53.63 set on September 3, 2004 in Brussels. “The two venues have the best weather for a World Record,” said Kipruto, who will be making his second appearance at the World Cross Country Championships on March 30 in Aarhus, Denmark.

Source: Daily Nation February 27, 2019 03:00 UTC