Kenya's Conselsius Kipruto (bottom) narrowly beat Ethiopia's Lamecha GirmaJust one one-hundredth of a second separated Kenya's Conselsius Kipruto from Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma in the 3,000m steeplechase final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha. But Kipruto, who appeared to stumble as he landed, managed to catch up in a sprint finish to win the race and retain his world title. Kipruto managed to overhaul Girma in the final metresKipruto, 24, ran a time of eight minutes 1.35 seconds. Speaking after the race, Kipruto, described the last 100 metres as "amazing... Kipruto's victory means that Kenya now has three gold medals at this World Athletics Championships compared to Ethiopia's one.

Source: Ethiopian News October 05, 2019 09:33 UTC