It’s all about the hunt for women’s first Olympic 3,000m steeplechase gold medal that adds to Eunice Jepkorir’s silver at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, which stands out as the only women’s water and barriers medal in Kenya’s Olympic trophy cabinet. In 2016, Kiyeng stood high chances of bagging the title only to lose to Kenyan-born Bahraini Ruth Jebet. Kiyeng, a glowing alumnae of athletics-rich Sing’ore Girls Secondary School in Keiyo North, will be up against a classy line-up that includes Tunisia’s Olympic champion and world silver medallist Habiba Ghribi and Olympic bronze medallist Sofia Assefa of Ethiopia. I know that Kenya has never won an Olympic gold in the race and we feel it’s high time we broke the jinx. In the run-up to the 2016 Olympic Games, Kiyeng had won Shanghai and Olso as well as finishing second in Eugene Diamond League meetings –behind Jebet.

Source: Standard Digital April 27, 2021 19:51 UTC