Fresh from his World Championships victory in Berlin last week, Ezekiel Kemboi Yano won the men’s 3,000 steeplechase in 8:04.44 at the Weltklasse Golden League meeting in Zurich on Friday.
Olympic champion and compatriot Brimin Kipruto finished back in eighth place (8:20.24), while Abel Mutai was seventh in 8:18.70.
Michael Kipyego tripped and fell flat on the track midstream, but clawed his way back to finish fourth, timing 8:09.54.
Paul Kipsiele Koech, who finished fourth in Berlin Worlds, was third (8:06.10) behind Frenchman Bouabdellah Tahri, who timed 8:05.29.
Richard Mateelong, who was second in Berlin, finished fifth (8:10.25).
In other races which Kenyans dominated, david Rudisha won the 800m race (1:43.52) ahead of Alfred Kirwa Yego (1:43.66) and South Africa’s Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (1:44.03).
Unbeatable Choge
Augustine Choge was unbeatable in 1,500m, which he won in 3:33.38 as Belal Mansoor Ali (John Yego) of Bahrain followed in 3:33.74 and Asbel Kiprop third in 3:34.09.
World 800m champion Yusuf Saad Kamel, formerly Gregory Konchellah, of Bahrain, was fourth in 3:34.33.
Olympics 1,500m champion, nancy Jebet Lagat, faded to seventh and compatriot Viola Kibiwott one step behind in the women’s 1,500m, which was won by Bahrain’s Ethiopian-born, Maryam Yusuf Jamal.
Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele continued with his hunt for the 5,000m Jackpot where he won the race in 12:52.32, beating Kenyans Edwin Soi to second (12:55.03), Vincent Chepkok to fourth (12:58.17), Joseph Ebuya to seventh (13:00.22), world bronze medallist, Moses Masai to eighth (13:06.16) and Silas Kipruto to ninth (13:09.08).
The Zurich Meeting attracted a typical world-class cast, most of whom were in World Championships.
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