STANDING OUT A MILE
THE IMPOSING FIGURE OF ASBEL KIPROP HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE METRIC MILE INTERNATIONALLY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT HE TALKS TO STUART WEIR ABOUT HIS RIO DISAPPOINTMENT
PICTURES: MARK SHEARMAN
Asbel Kiprop: the Kenyan is one of the sport’s most graceful runners
ASBEL KIPROP has been the dominant 1500m runner on the world stage in recent years. He won the world title in 2011, 2013 and 2015 to add to his 2008 Olympic gold but in the Rio Olympics he could only finish sixth.
He grew up in a village near Eldoret. His father, David, ran for Kenya in the 1987 All Africa Games in the 1500m and later ran marathons.
Like most Kenyans, he began running at school. He says: “In fact running has always been a part of my life. I have had many years of running since I was 13 years old.”
His breakthrough came in 2007 when he won the gold in the 1500m at the All-Africa Games and junior gold at the World Cross Country Championships and finished fourth in the IAAF World Championships in Osaka.
He saw fourth as a success, explaining: “I wasn’t disappointed at all because it was the first year of my career and I managed to reach the final in the World Championships and to race against the greats like Bernard Lagat, Rashid Ramzi and those guys I used to watch on TV. It was an achievement for me to line up with them – fourth was very promising.”
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