Diamond League: Olympic steeplechase podium set for Doha rematch
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Reading Time: 2min | Fri. 09.05.25. | 19:47
Kenya's Cherotich will be racing her third track event this year and the first outside Kenya as she opens her DL season
Olympic champion Winfred Yavi will be reunited with Paris silver and bronze medalists Peruth Chemutai (UGA) and Faith Cherotich (KEN) in a top-quality women’s 3000m steeplechase field at the Jetour Doha Meeting on Friday 16 May.
Yavi, the Asian record holder with a best of 8:44.39 from Rome, 2024 is the second-fastest women’s steeplechaser of all time and holds three of the ten quickest times ever recorded. She is currently the reigning Olympic, world and Asian Games champion.
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“I am always looking for opportunities to run faster and win more,” said the 2023 Diamond League champion.
She continued, “When I ran my personal best in Rome last year I was actually a little bit disappointed not to break the world record (8:44.32) because I thought it was possible. I’ve been working very hard over the winter and I believe it will happen at some point. It is important to stay focused and to stay hungry.
To win gold in Tokyo and successfully defend my world title is my main goal for this year, but I want to run fast and set a high standard when I open my Diamond League season in Doha. Conditions are good in Qatar and when the crowd get behind us, anything is possible.”
Ugandan record-holder Chemutai, who won the Olympic title in Tokyo (2021), is ranked third-fastest all-time with a best 8:48.03 achieved at the 2024 Diamond League event in Rome where she finished second to Yavi.
Former world U20 champion and 2023 World Athletics Rising Star award-winner Cherotich finished third behind Yavi and Chetumai at the Olympic Games in Paris in a personal best of 8:55.15 and went on to be crowned 2024 Diamond League champion.
She opened her track season on 12 April, clocking 12:25.29 for sixth place at the World Relay trials before going again for ninth place, timing 11:40.62 at the fifth AK meeting. This will be the her Diamond League opening race.
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