Lydiah Chepkurui
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| Women's athletics
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Representing  Kenya
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World Championships
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2013 Moscow | 3000 m st. |
Lydiah Tum Chepkurui (born 23 August 1984) is a Kenyan track and field athlete who competes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Her best of 9:13.75 minutes ranks her in the top twenty of all-time in the event.
She competed at a relatively low level of
athletics in her early career. She was third in the 800 metres at the 2006 Kenyan Police Championships.[1] She was one of three Kenyan entrants in the heptathlon at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics and, although her run of 2:15.40 minutes in the final 800 m event was easily the best in the field, she finished last with a total of 3676 points as she performed to a poor international standard in the other events (including 20.76 seconds for the 100 metres hurdles and 6.83 m for the shot put).[2]
A switch to the steeplechase in 2011 brought her to an international standard for the first time. She reduced her best time to 9:30.73 minutes over the course of the season, finished fifth at the
DN Galan meets.[3] Her best that year came in Stockholm and the time of 9:14.98 minutes ranked her eighth in the world that year.[4] This was also enough to rank her in the top twenty of all-time in the relatively new event.[5]
Chepkurui produced her first major victory at the Doha Diamond League meet in May 2013. She ran a personal best of 9:13.75 minutes and defeated a field including Olympic medallists such as Habiba Ghribi, Sofia Assefa and Milcah Chemos Cheywa.[6]
References
- ^ Omulo, Okoth (2006-06-17). Kemboi and Ochichi star at Kenya Police champs - Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-05-11.
- ^ Heptathlon Women - Dames. 2010 African Championships. Retrieved on 2013-05-11.
- ^ Lydiah Chepkurui. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-05-11.
- ^ 3000m steeplechase women 2012. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-05-11.
- ^ Women's 3000m steeplechase. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-05-11.
- ^ 2013 Doha Women’s Steeplechase: Lydiah Chepkurui pulls off a big upset. Lets Run (2013-05-10). Retrieved on 2013-05-11.
