Published on 11.03.2024
World 3000m Steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech has predicted a bright future for herself this season after winning her first medal at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
Giving her assessment, Chepkoech explained that so far, her body is responding well and this is her year as she wants to bag the gold medal at the global bonanza.
Her first time representing Kenya at the Olympic Games was during the 2016 Rio event where she finished fourth in the women’s steeplechase event.
She stated, “This year will be good for me because at least my injury is over and I’m targeting the Olympic Games with my hopes being to win an Olympic medal.
“I started my campaign at the 2016 Olympic Games and this will be the third time I will be competing in the Olympics and I hope I’m going to get that medal,”.
“Yes, I’ll compete in the 5000m. I’m from competing in the indoor 3000m so now I will go for speed endurance in Ghana and then I’ll come back and work on my speed,” she added.
She noted that for the African Games, she will seek to compete in the 5000m as she builds up for the global bonanza.
The 32-year-old also emphasised that winning a medal in the indoor championships is enough proof that she will do better at the Olympic Games.
