Celliphine Chepteek Chespol Loses Shoe But Wins Steeplechase

May 27, 2017

Covered at the Prefontaine Classic

From kuwaittimes.net

By Morgan Sudduth

Eighteen-year-old Kenyan runner Celliphine Chepteek Chespol managed to win the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase Friday night at the Prefontaine Classic even though her shoe slipped off on the water jump.

Chespol ran the fastest time ever in the United States, 8 minutes, 58.78 seconds, beating Ruth Jebet and Beatrice Chepkoech. U.S. runner Emma Coburn finished fourth in 9:07.96.

It looked like two separate races. It was a race with three fast runners, Jebet, Chepkoech and Chespol, up front with a huge gap behind them. Coburn and Courtney Frerichs led the other pack of runners.

“I don’t know if I feel comfortable yet risking going out with the Kenyans,” said Coburn.

Coburn ran close to the American record and essentially ran the end of the race alone but said she felt strong, controlled, and powerful.

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https://blogs.uoregon.edu/sojctrack/2017/05/27/celliphine-chepteek-chespol-loses-shoe-but-wins-steeplechase/