Kemboi snatches gold in men's 3000m steeplechase at Daegu

Defending world champion Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya took the gold medal of the men's 3000m steeplechase in eight minutes and 14.85 seconds on Thursday night at the Daegu World Championships. His teammate Brimin Kiprop Kipruto took the silver in 8:16.05. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of France collected the bronze in 8:16.09. Kemboi, 29, had claimed victories in this event at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. He is one of only three men to have won both Olympic and world golds in the event, along with his two fellow countrymen Kipruto and Reuben Kosgei. Kipruto, 26, won the gold of this event both at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.