- Faith Cherotich has beaten the likes of Winfred Yavi and Peruth Chemutai to win the 3000m Steeplechase title at the 2025 Doha Diamond League.
- Cherotich, who currently trains in Kaptagat, clocked a world lead time of 9:05.08.
- Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete Winfred Yavi finished behind Cherotich with Ethiopia’s Sembo Almayew completing the podium positions.
Faith Cherotich made Kenyans proud on Friday night, May 16, 2025 when she won the 3000m Steeplechase title in the 2025 Doha Diamond League.
Cherotich, who won a bronze medal for Kenya in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, waited until the final few meters of the race before making her move.
She produced a brilliant kick in the last 50 meters of the showdown to beat her main rival Winfred Yavi of Bahrain.
Faith Cherotich clocks World Lead
Cherotich crossed the finishing line in a world lead time of 9:05.08 while Yavi, who was born in Kenya, clocked 9:05.26 to finish ahead of Ethiopia’s Sembo Almayew (9.09.27).
The fourth, fifth and sixth positions went to Kenyan-born Kazakhstani runner Norah Jeruto, Tunisia’s Marwa Bouzayani and India’s Parul Chaudhary.
Meanwhile, Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai, who finished second the Paris Olympic Games settled for the seventh position.
This was the first competitive race for Cherotich, who trains with world beaters such as Eliud Kipchoge, Geoffrey Kamworor and Faith Kipyegon in Kaptagat.
Faith Cherotich to hunt for gold medal in the 2025 World Athletics Championships
The 20-year-old had stated in an interview in the build-up to the race that her main objective this season is to win a gold medal for Kenya in the 2025 World Athletics Championships that will be held in Tokyo, Japan between September 13 and September 21.
“When I competed in 2023, I was still a student in form four, and I didn’t have enough time to prepare for the global event.
But this year, I have all the time to arm myself properly because it’s not easy and I am targeting to bring the gold medal home,” she was quoted by Nation Sport.
Should Cherotich live to the expectations that man people have on her in Tokyo, she will become the first Kenyan woman to clinch the prestigious World Championships title since 2019.
Cherotich and other athletes who finished inside the top five positions in 3000m women’s Steeplechase at 2025 Doha Diamond League
- Faith Cherotich: 9:05.08 (Kenya)
- Winfred Yavi: 9:05.26 (Bahrain)
- Sembo Almayew: 9:09.27 (Ethiopia)
- Norah Jeruto: 9.11.78 (Kazakhstan)
- Marwa Bouzayani: 9:12.13 (Tunisia)
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