Bernie set for cracker in capital; SPORTS FILE.BERNARD KIPYEGO Bernard Kiprop Kipyego (born 16 July 1986 in Keiyo District) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. At the 2007 World Cross Country Championships he won the bronze medal in the senior race, while the Kenyan team of which he was a part won the team competition. insists he's ready to become the top African distance runner distance runner n. A runner who competes in distance races. . And he wants to prove it by winning Saturday's Bupa Great International Cross Country in Edinburgh. The Kenyan faces the likes of world cross country champ Zersenay Tadeseeager and Olympic 5000m silver medallist Eliud Kipchoge Eliud Kipchoge (born November 5 1984 in Kapsisiywa, near Kapsabet) is a Kenyan 5000 metres runner. He won a gold medal at the 5000m final of the 2003 World Championships, beating runner-up Hicham El Guerrouj by four hundredths of a second, by 12:52.79 and 12:52.83. in the Holyrood Park event. Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele is injured. But race chiefs say Kipyego - who won last May's Great Edinburgh Run - is coming to Scotland to lay a marker. Organiser Andy Caine said: "Kipyego did so well on the roads last year he had no hesitation in accepting an invite to return to Edinburgh. "We may be missing Bekele but the presence of some of Africa's top distance men is going to guarantee another great race." Eight-time European champion Sergiy Lebid of Ukraine is desperate to end Africa's domination in Edinburgh and is in top form. And three-time European junior champion Steph Twell will go for her first major cross-country title in the senior ranks. The 19-year old Anglo-Scot is among 23 members of the GB team from last month's European Championship taking part, including Edinburgh's Chris O'Hare. CAPTION(S): Kipyego: Eyeing victory |
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