Thursday, August 6, 2009

Komora Steeplers

Kenya’s four steeplechasers in the Berlin World Championships in Athletics come from a village that has dotted the global charts for nearly two decades.

Komora, which is in the heart of the hilly Marakwet District, has lived up to its billing as a seedbed of elite steeplechasers as they reside within a 5 kilometre-radius of the village. Olympic and World champions have established a strong empire in Kenya’s number one speciality, the 3,000 metres steeplechase.
World and Olympic champion Brimin Kipruto and former Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi, All Africa record holder Ruth Bosibori and Kenya’s first World Junior champion Gladys Kemboi will be in the hunt for medals in the German capital next week.

So keen has been their enthusiasm to shatter every record in sight that it has made the world wonder what makes them claim a bigger slice of the glory. Their victory has been so consistent that it demands a closer look at their training programmes...

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