Kenya’s Harun Kibet and Emmanuel Wafula stormed to the finals of the men’s 3000m steeplechase race at the World Athletics Under 20 Championships being held in Cali, Colombia.
Kibet sailed through to the finals after finishing second in heat three in a time of 8:47.25 behind Ethiopia’s Samuel Duguna who took the heat in 8:43.83 with Tomas Habarta from Czech Republic coming home in third place with a National U20 Record of 8:47.36.
Wafula on his part advanced to the finals after coming home in second in heat two in a time of 8:49.57 behind the winner Samuel Firehu from Ethiopia who the race in 8:49.27.
The two Kenyans will fight for top honors on Saturday
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