Geoffrey Kirwa, Haron Chepkwony, Simon Koech and youngster Emmanuel Wafula will also be in the mix.
A group of 11 men will be lining up for the 3,000m steeplechase race at the World Championships National Trials in a bid to get a ticket to the global show in Budapest, Hungary.
Kenya’s hopes of reclaiming the title rest on the 11 men and the panel of selectors will definitely be hoping to select a formidable team to battle it out with some of the world’s finest steeplechasers.
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Kenya last won the title during the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar courtesy of Conseslus Kipruto but he has since been battling a series of injuries and is yet to come back fully into competition.
Kenya was a steeplechase powerhouse and she had retained the title since 2007 when Brimin Kipruto led a 1-2-3 Kenyan sweep at the World Championships in Osaka.
Henceforth, Ezekiel Kemboi won four successive titles from the 2009 World Championships in Berlin to the 2015 edition of the event in Beijing. Kipruto took the mantle in the 2017 World Championships in London and also won the 2019 edition.
The long reign was cut short after Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali stunned the Kenyan contingent to snatch the title during the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
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Team Kenya will have to dig deep if they have to reclaim the title because of the rise of Ethiopians with the likes of world 3,000m SC record holder Lamecha Girma.
The National Trials have attracted Kipruto, who has only competed once this season, and won the Meeting Nikaia in France. He will be hoping to display a good show and announce his comeback when he lines up for the National Trials.
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National Police's Abraham Kibiwott, the Commonwealth Games champion, will also be in the mix with the hope of making the cut to the global show. Kibiwott has had a mixed season where he finished second at the Kip Keino Classic. He also finished third at the Diamond League Meeting in Rabat, Morocco, and managed eighth place in Paris, France.
Other athletes fighting for the top slot will be former World Under-20 champion Amos Serem, Leonard Bett, Lawrence Kipsang, Benjamin Kigen, and Amos Kirui. Kirui will be hoping to replicate his Kip Keino Classic performance when he lines up for the trials.
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