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Marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge has blamed Kenyan’ steeplechase woes on a lack of morals among athletes who he claims have questionable characters that are affecting their performance.
Marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge feels Kenya’s steeplechase woes are down to indiscipline among athletes and not lack of talent or even training equipment.
Steeplechase was christened a ‘Kenyan race’ as runners from the country won the men’s gold at every Olympics since the 1968 edition in Mexico but they have since missed out on it in the last two, the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympics.
Similarly at the World Championships, Kenya was dominant over the distance but met their waterloo in 2022 and 2023. Moroccan Soufiane El Bakkali has claimed back-to-back gold medals in Tokyo and Paris as well as the 2022 Eugene and 2023 Budapest World Championships.
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11:30 - 05.12.2024
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Marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge has opened up on what fuels his desire for success while sharing the strict training regimen that keeps him in top shape.
A number of reasons have been given for Kenya’s poor performances in a race they were so good in with a lack of proper equipment and inability to embrace technology cited as some of the issues that have given rivals the edge, but Kipchoge disagrees.
“We have no problem with steeplechase. According to me, the problem is morals, the problem is values that people in steeplechase do not have,” Kipchoge said on Citizen TV’s JKL.
“It is good to say the truth, we have young people who can run steeplechase and win medals but what is going on between these guys? It is to instill morals and values in them and they will win medals.”
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'That fear is gone'- Amos Serem vows to topple Soufiane El Bakkali from steeplechase dominance
Amos Serem has promised to reclaim Kenya's steeplechase dominance in 2025 after defeating Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali at the Diamond League final, expressing confidence and determination to bring the title back to Kenya at the World Championships.
The two-time Olympics champion feels steeplechase runners have not been on their best behaviour for long and the country is paying the price as a result.
“It is not about lacking Ksh100 to go to the stadium and train. They are lying to you (that they lack the right equipment). Steeplechase is training, be disciplined enough,” he added.
“I think what everybody in steeplechase is lacking is moral values. If they change today, medals will come in.
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05:26 - 15.10.2024
Veteran steeplechaser highlights main challenges facing current generation of Kenyan athletes
The former world 3000m steeplechase champion highlighted the frustrations athletes face while being pressured to perform despite injuries, family, and sponsor expectations.
“I heard everybody, even athletics Kenya, saying that we need to come back and win our steeplechase but they are not telling the boys you are doing wrong here, they are drinking. It is good to tell people that these boys have wrong values.”
Kenyan men have won bronze at both the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympics through Benjamin Kigen and Abraham Kibiwott, while Conseslus Kipruto, the last man to win Olympics gold over the distance, managed bronze at the 2022 Worlds with Kibiwott winning the same medal in Budapest last year.
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