Kenyan trio look to bring back Olympic steeplechase gold
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Amos Serem during an interview at Kipkeino High Performance Training Centre, Kazi Mingi Farm in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County where Team Kenya in camping on July 17, 2024.
Since the 1968 Olympics when Amos Biwott won the country's first gold over the distance in Mexico City, Kenya has won the seven-and-a-half lap race at every edition of the Summer Games till the 2016 Rio, apart from 1976 and 1980 when it boycotted the global showpiece.
The delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games held in 2021 marked an end to Kenya's dominance in the 3,000m Steeplechase race.
Since the 1968 Olympics when Amos Biwott won the country's first gold over the distance in Mexico City, Kenya has won the seven-and-a-half lap race at every edition of the Summer Games till the 2016 Rio, apart from 1976 and 1980 when it boycotted the global showpiece.
